Using Task-Based Dialogues for Multi-agent Collaborations

U Wajid; N Mehandjiev

doi:10.1109/WETICE.2008.38

Using Task-Based Dialogues for Multi-agent Collaborations

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Abstract

New collaboration models for software agents can be made more flexible than pre-defined protocols. In pursuit of this, we have used the analysis of human interactions from Dialogue Structure Theory (DST) and devised an agent interaction approach which is based on Task-Based Dialogues (TBDs). This paper describes the following basic constructs of TBDs: a shared task hierarchy to represent agent intentions in the system, a dialogue model that enables agents to construct a meaningful sequence of messages, and a repository of dialogue states. The approach integrates these fundamental ingredients in software agents, and allows agents to implement different strategies in order to achieve their tasks. An example of TBDs shows how a sequence of messages can evolve that is beyond the capability of a single protocol, when the dialogues are driven by shared task specifications and not by a sequence of message types or performatives.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Workshop on Enabling Technologies: Infrastructure for Collaborative Enterprises, 2008. WETICE '08. IEEE 17th
Pages	35-40
Number of pages	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/WETICE.2008.38
Publication status	Published - Jun 2008
Event	2008 IEEE 17th Workshop on Enabling Technologies: Infrastructure for Collaborative Enterprises, WET-ICE 2008 - Rome Duration: 1 Jul 2008 → …

Conference

Conference	2008 IEEE 17th Workshop on Enabling Technologies: Infrastructure for Collaborative Enterprises, WET-ICE 2008
City	Rome
Period	1/07/08 → …

Keywords

interactive systems
multi-agent systems
software agents
task analysis
human interaction analysis
message sequence
multiagent collaboration
shared task hierarchy
software agent
task-based dialogue structure theory
Coherence
Collaboration
Collaborative software
Collaborative work
Context modeling
Humans
Performance analysis
Protocols
Software agents
Agent Dialogues
Dialogue Model
Flexible Interactions
Interaction Protocols
Task Structure
Task-based Dialogues

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Wajid, U & Mehandjiev, N 2008, Using Task-Based Dialogues for Multi-agent Collaborations. in Workshop on Enabling Technologies: Infrastructure for Collaborative Enterprises, 2008. WETICE '08. IEEE 17th. pp. 35-40, 2008 IEEE 17th Workshop on Enabling Technologies: Infrastructure for Collaborative Enterprises, WET-ICE 2008, Rome, 1/07/08. https://doi.org/10.1109/WETICE.2008.38

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