Computational Conflicts

by Muller, Heinz Jurgen; Dieng, Rose

• ISBN13: 9783540667995
• ISBN10: 3540667997
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-04-01
• Publisher: Springer Nature

Summary

The aim of this book is to bring together approaches from different subfields of Artificial Intelligence as well as adjoint disciplines in order to characterize a "computational model" of conflicts. The different views on computational conflicts are motivated as follows: Conflicts can occur in organizations among human agents, as well as in computational systems such as knowledge-based systems, or multi-agent systems. They can appear during problem solving or during communication. Their nature or processing can also be specific for some tasks (such as concurrent engineering and design). They can be formalized and techniques can be offered for detecting, managing or avoiding them.

Table of Contents

On Conflicts in General and their Use in AI in Particular	1	(20)
H.J. Muller
R. Dieng
Conflict Ontology	21	(20)
C. Castelfranchi
Modelling Conflict-Resolution Dialogues	41	(22)
F. de Rosis
F. Grasso
C. Castelfranchi
I. Poggi
Managing Conflicts in Reflective Agents	63	(19)
F.M.T. Brazier
J. Treur
Difference: a key to enrich knowledge-Concepts and Models	82	(21)
L. Chaudron
H. Fiorino
N. Maille
C. Tessier
Detecting Temporal Conflicts in Integrated Agent Specifications	103	(22)
G. Davies
L. Ekenberg
P. Johannesson
Conflict Management in Concurrent Engineering: Modelling Guides	125	(19)
N. Matta
O. Corby
Modeling Conflicts Between Agents in a Design Context	144	(21)
D.C. Brown
I. Berker
Conflict Management as Part of an Integrated Exception Handling Approach	165	(17)
M. Klein
Conflict Resolution in Distributed Assessment Situations	182	(20)
O. Hollmann
K.C. Ranze
H.J. Muller
The Iterated Lift Dilemma	202	(22)
J.P. Delahye
P. Mathieu
B. Beaufils
References	224	(13)
List of Contributors	237	(4)
Index	241