Applying Planning Algorithms to Argue in Cooperative Work

ARIEL MONTESERIN; SILVIA SCHIAFFINO; ANALÍA AMANDI

Cambridge

Conferencia; AI-2008 28º SGAI International Conference on Artificial Intelligence; 2008

British Computer Society's Specialist Group on Artificial Intelligence (SGAI)

Negotiation is typically utilized in cooperative work scenarios for solving conflicts. Anticipating possible arguments in this negotiation step represents a key factor since we can take decisions about our  participation in the cooperation process. In this context, we present a novel application of planning algorithms for argument generation, where the actions of a plan represent the arguments that a person might use during the argumentation process. In this way, we can plan how to persuade the other participants in cooperative work for reaching an expected agreement in terms of our interests. This approach allows us to take advantages since we can test anticipated argumentative solutions in advance.