A conceptual architecture for social deliberation in multi-agent organizations

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Dignum, Frank^{a; *} | Dignum, Virginia^b | Prada, Rui^c | Jonker, Catholijn M.^b

Affiliations: [a] Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands | [b] Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands | [c] INESC-ID and Instituto Superior Tecnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author: Frank Dignum, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands. E-mail:F.P.M.Dignum@uu.nl

Abstract: Socially interconnected systems should be able to exhibit, understand, and reason about social behaviour, in order to support lasting interconnections that show realistic and desirable properties. We claim that a fundamental new approach based on social concepts is needed to build agents functioning in these socially interconnected systems. In this paper, we explore how the concepts of social practices and social identities can be used to structure deliberations about interactions. We then show the consequences for the architecture and reasoning capabilities of these systems.

Keywords: Social deliberation, multi-agent organisations, agent architecture, social practices

DOI: 10.3233/MGS-150234

Journal: Multiagent and Grid Systems, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 147-166, 2015