This paper studies argumentation-based dialogues between agents. It takes a previously defined system by which agents can trade arguments and examines in detail what locutions are passed between agents. This makes it possible to identify finer-grained protocols than has been previously possible, exposing the relationships between different kinds of dialogue, and giving a deeper understanding of how such dialogues could be automated.
['Simon Parsons', 'Peter McBurney', 'Michael Wooldridge']
The mechanics of some formal inter-agent dialogues