The majority of existing work on agent dialogues considers negotiation, persuasion or
deliberation dialogues; we focus on inquiry dialogues, which allow agents to collaborate in …

To create conversational systems working in actual situations, it is crucial to assume that
they interact with multiple agents. In this work, we tackle addressee and response selection …

Dung's argumentation frameworks have been applied for over twenty years to the analysis of
argument justification. This representation focuses on arguments and the attacks among …

Although agent interaction plays a vital role in MAS, and message-centric approaches to
agent interaction have their drawbacks, present agent-oriented programming languages do …

Dialogue is fundamental to argumentation, providing a dialectical basis for establishing
which arguments are acceptable. Argumentation can also be used as the basis for dialogue …

In recent years, several bilateral protocols regulating the exchange of arguments between
agents have been proposed. When dealing with persuasion, the objective is to arbitrate …

We propose a formal model for argumentation-based dialogues between agents, using
assumption-based argumentation (ABA) as the underlying argumentation framework. Thus …

Informal logic (IL) is an area of philosophy rich in models of communication and discourse
with a heavy focus on argument and 'dialogue games'. Computational dialectics is a …

It is often the case that agents within a system have distinct types of knowledge.
Furthermore, whilst common goals may be agreed upon, the particular representations of …

We present in this paper an extension to our overhearing-based group formation
framework\otto (Organizing Teams Through Overhearing). This framework allows a team to …