Motivations as an abstraction of meta-level reasoning

Felipe Meneguzzi; Michael Luck

doi:10.1007/978-3-540-75254-7_21

Motivations as an abstraction of meta-level reasoning

Felipe Meneguzzi^*, Michael Luck

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In agent systems, meta-level reasoning is commonly used in enforcing rationality in the choice of goals and actions performed by an agent, ensuring that an agent behaves as effectively and efficiently as possible. Through metareasoning an agent is able to explicitly consider goals before committing to them, and consider courses of action before executing plans. In this paper, we argue that although seldom considered, a flexible meta-level reasoning component is a valuable addition to any agent architecture. We describe such a component for use in BDI architectures, underpinned by a model of motivation and a motivationbased description language, and demonstrate its effectiveness empirically.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings, CEEMAS 2007: Multi-Agent Systems and Applications V
Subtitle of host publication	5th International Central and Eastern European Conference on Multi-Agent Systems
Publisher	Springer-Verlag
Pages	204-214
Number of pages	11
ISBN (Print)	9783540752530
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-75254-7_21
Publication status	Published - 2007
Event	5th International Central and Eastern European Conference on Multi-Agent Systems, CEEMAS 2007 - Leipzig, Germany Duration: 25 Sep 2007 → 27 Sep 2007

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	4696 LNAI
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	5th International Central and Eastern European Conference on Multi-Agent Systems, CEEMAS 2007
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Leipzig
Period	25/09/07 → 27/09/07

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Meneguzzi, F., & Luck, M. (2007). Motivations as an abstraction of meta-level reasoning. In Proceedings, CEEMAS 2007: Multi-Agent Systems and Applications V: 5th International Central and Eastern European Conference on Multi-Agent Systems (pp. 204-214). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 4696 LNAI). Springer-Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-75254-7_21

Motivations as an abstraction of meta-level reasoning. / Meneguzzi, Felipe; Luck, Michael.

Proceedings, CEEMAS 2007: Multi-Agent Systems and Applications V: 5th International Central and Eastern European Conference on Multi-Agent Systems. Springer-Verlag, 2007. p. 204-214 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 4696 LNAI).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Published conference contribution

Meneguzzi, F & Luck, M 2007, Motivations as an abstraction of meta-level reasoning. in Proceedings, CEEMAS 2007: Multi-Agent Systems and Applications V: 5th International Central and Eastern European Conference on Multi-Agent Systems. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 4696 LNAI, Springer-Verlag, pp. 204-214, 5th International Central and Eastern European Conference on Multi-Agent Systems, CEEMAS 2007, Leipzig, Germany, 25/09/07. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-75254-7_21

Meneguzzi F, Luck M. Motivations as an abstraction of meta-level reasoning. In Proceedings, CEEMAS 2007: Multi-Agent Systems and Applications V: 5th International Central and Eastern European Conference on Multi-Agent Systems. Springer-Verlag. 2007. p. 204-214. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). doi: 10.1007/978-3-540-75254-7_21

Meneguzzi, Felipe ; Luck, Michael. / Motivations as an abstraction of meta-level reasoning. Proceedings, CEEMAS 2007: Multi-Agent Systems and Applications V: 5th International Central and Eastern European Conference on Multi-Agent Systems. Springer-Verlag, 2007. pp. 204-214 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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