Normative Practical Reasoning via Argumentation and Dialogue

Zohreh Shams, Marina De Vos, Nir Oren, Julian Padget

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Abstract

In a normative environment an agent’s actions are not only directed by its goals but also by the norms imposed on it. However, the potential conflicts within and between the agent’s goals and norms makes decision-making in these frameworks a challenging task. The questions we address in this paper are: (i) how should an agent act in a normative environment? (ii) how can the agent explain why it acted in a certain way? We propose a solution in which a normative planning problem serves as the basis for a practical reasoning approach based on argumentation. The properties of the best plan(s) with respect to goal achievement and norm compliance are mapped to arguments that are used to explain why a plan is justified, using an existing proof dialogue game.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 25th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI-16)
EditorsSubbarao Kambhampati
Place of PublicationCalifornia
PublisherAAAI Press
Pages1244-1250
Number of pages7
ISBN (Print)9781577357704, 9781577357711
Publication statusPublished - 15 Jul 2016
EventProceedings of the Twenty-Fifth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence - New York, United States
Duration: 9 Jul 201615 Jul 2016

Conference

ConferenceProceedings of the Twenty-Fifth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityNew York
Period9/07/1615/07/16

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