“Results” WG Deliberation John-Jules Meyer Emil Weydert

Day 1 Introduction Discussion of BDI and alternatives –BOID –QDT –Game theory –...

Day 1 Disadvantages? / problems? with BDI –Lack of concensus about interaction axioms -> agent types?! –Lack of concensus about BDI concepts such as goals, abilities, etc… (“every author has its own conception”) –Need further extensions -> very/too complicated semantics ?!

Day 2 What is deliberation? –Balancing knowledge and desire yielding plan / intention –How to get goals (Wooldridge) –(re)planning --- DI update -- reasoning about action –Application of Max. Exp. Utility model

What is deliberation? (ctd) –Choosing intentions/goals/plans –Dealing with conflicts (e.g. arising from communication vs autonomy) –Maintenance of BDI-state (including BDI revision/updates) Ambiguity wrt deliberation: selection vs the whole deliberation process

Killer applications?? … (long discussion) Applications ‘everywhere’: –R–Robots (e.g. in transport) –‘–‘Natural’ / rational dialogue generation, negotiations –D–Deliberation whether agent should engage in knowledge-seeking action

… (long discussion) Applications ‘everywhere’: –cooperation –negotiation –information

Conclusion: Killer applications to be found in the other working groups (negotiation, cooperation, information) !!! end of results