Affiliations: Institute of Informatics, Warsaw University, Banacha
2, 02-097 Warsaw, Poland | Institute of Computer Science, Polish Academy of Sciences, Ordona 21, 01-237 Warsaw, Poland | Institute of Artificial Intelligence, University of
Groningen, Grote Kruisstraat 2/1, 9712 TS Groningen
Abstract: In this paper we aim to describe dynamic aspects of social and
collective attitudes in teams of agents involved in Cooperative Problem Solving
(CPS). Particular attention is given to the strongest motivational attitude,
collective commitment, and its evolution during team action. First, building on
our previous work, a logical framework is sketched in which a number of
relevant social and collective attitudes is formalized, leading to the
plan-based definition of collective commitments. Moreover, a dynamic logic
component is added to this framework in order to capture the effects of the
complex actions that are involved in the consecutive stages of CPS, namely
potential recognition, team formation, plan formation and team action. During
team action, the collective commitment leads to the execution of agent-specific
actions. A dynamic and unpredictable environment may, however, cause the
failure of some of these actions, or present the agents with new opportunities.
The abstract reconfiguration algorithm, presented in a previous paper, is
designed to handle the re-planning needed in such situations in an efficient
way. In this paper, the dynamic logic component of the logical framework
addresses issues pertaining to adjustments in collective commitment during the
reconfiguration process.
