Motivated Behaviour for Goal Adoption

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Abstract

Social behaviour arises as a result of individual agents cooperating with each other so as to exploit the resources available in a rich and dynamic multi-agent domain. If agents are to make use of others to help them in their tasks, such social behaviour is critical. Underlying this cooperation is the transfer or adoption of goals from one agent to another, a subtle and complex process that depends on the nature of the agents involved. In this paper we analyse this process by building upon a hierarchy previously constructed to define objects, agents and autonomous agents. We describe the motivated self-generation of goals that defines agent autonomy and the adoption of goals between agents that enables social behaviour. Then we consider three classes of goal adoption by objects, agents and autonomous agents. The first of these is merely a question of instantiation, the second requires an understanding of the relationship of the agent to others that are engaging it, and the third amounts to a question of negotiation or persuasion.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMulti-Agent Systems. Theories, Languages and Applications
Subtitle of host publication4th Australian Workshop on Distributed Artificial Intelligence, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, July 13, 1998, Proceedings
EditorsChenqi Zhang, Dickson Lukose
Place of PublicationBerlin
PublisherSpringer
Pages58-73
Number of pages16
Edition1st
ISBN (Electronic)9783540492412
ISBN (Print)3540654771, 9783540654773
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 18 Dec 1998
Event4th Australian Workshop on Distributed Artificial Intelligence, DAI 1998 - Brisbane, Australia
Duration: 13 Jul 199813 Jul 1998
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/b88579 (Conference Proceedings)

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume1544
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349
NameLecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence
ISSN (Print)2945-9133
ISSN (Electronic)2945-9141
NameDAI: Australian Workshop on Distributed Artificial Intelligence

Conference

Conference4th Australian Workshop on Distributed Artificial Intelligence, DAI 1998
Country/TerritoryAustralia
CityBrisbane
Period13/07/9813/07/98
Internet address

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