Reasoning about risk in agent's deliberation process: a Jadex implementation

Y. Asnar; P. Giorgini; N. Zannone

doi:10.1007/978-3-540-79488-2_9

Reasoning about risk in agent's deliberation process: a Jadex implementation

Y. Asnar, P. Giorgini, N. Zannone

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Abstract

Autonomous agents and multi-agent systems have been proved to be useful in several safety-critical applications. However, in current agent architectures (particularly BDI architectures) the deliberation process does not include any form of risk analysis. In this paper, we propose guidelines to implement Tropos Goal-Risk reasoning. Our proposal aims at introducing risk reasoning in the deliberation process of a BDI agent so that the overall set of possible plans is evaluated with respect to risk. When the level of risk results too high, agents can consider and introduce additional plans, called treatments, that produce an overall reduction of the risk. Side effects of treatments are also considered as part of the model. To make the discussion more concrete, we illustrate the proposal with a case study on the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle agent.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Agent-Oriented Software Engineering VIII
Subtitle of host publication	8th International Workshop, AOSE 2007, Honolulu HI, USA, May 14, 2007, Revised Selected Papers
Editors	M. Luck, L. Padgham
Place of Publication	Berlin
Publisher	Springer
Chapter	9
Pages	118-131
Number of pages	14
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-540-79488-2
ISBN (Print)	978-3-540-79487-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-79488-2_9
Publication status	Published - 2008

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS)
Volume	4951
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

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Asnar, Y., Giorgini, P., & Zannone, N. (2008). Reasoning about risk in agent's deliberation process: a Jadex implementation. In M. Luck, & L. Padgham (Eds.), Agent-Oriented Software Engineering VIII : 8th International Workshop, AOSE 2007, Honolulu HI, USA, May 14, 2007, Revised Selected Papers (pp. 118-131). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS); Vol. 4951). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-79488-2_9

Asnar, Y. ; Giorgini, P. ; Zannone, N. / Reasoning about risk in agent's deliberation process : a Jadex implementation. Agent-Oriented Software Engineering VIII : 8th International Workshop, AOSE 2007, Honolulu HI, USA, May 14, 2007, Revised Selected Papers. editor / M. Luck ; L. Padgham. Berlin : Springer, 2008. pp. 118-131 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS)).

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Asnar, Y, Giorgini, P & Zannone, N 2008, Reasoning about risk in agent's deliberation process: a Jadex implementation. in M Luck & L Padgham (eds), Agent-Oriented Software Engineering VIII : 8th International Workshop, AOSE 2007, Honolulu HI, USA, May 14, 2007, Revised Selected Papers. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS), vol. 4951, Springer, Berlin, pp. 118-131. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-79488-2_9

Reasoning about risk in agent's deliberation process: a Jadex implementation. / Asnar, Y.; Giorgini, P.; Zannone, N.
Agent-Oriented Software Engineering VIII : 8th International Workshop, AOSE 2007, Honolulu HI, USA, May 14, 2007, Revised Selected Papers. ed. / M. Luck; L. Padgham. Berlin: Springer, 2008. p. 118-131 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS); Vol. 4951).

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Asnar Y, Giorgini P, Zannone N. Reasoning about risk in agent's deliberation process: a Jadex implementation. In Luck M, Padgham L, editors, Agent-Oriented Software Engineering VIII : 8th International Workshop, AOSE 2007, Honolulu HI, USA, May 14, 2007, Revised Selected Papers. Berlin: Springer. 2008. p. 118-131. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS)). doi: 10.1007/978-3-540-79488-2_9

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