Formalizing Collaborative Decision-making and Practical Reasoning In Multi-agent Systems

摘要

In this paper, we present an abstract formal model of decision-making in a social setting that covers all aspects of the process, form recognition of a potential for cooperation through to joint decision. In a multi-agent environment, where self-motivated autonomous agents try to pursue their own goals, a joint decision cannot be taken for granted. In order to decide effectively, agents need the ability to (a) represent and maintain a model of their own mental Attitudes, (b) reason about other agents' mental attitudes, and (c) influence other agents' mental states.