Delegation and responsibility

Timothy J. Norman; Chris Reed

doi:10.1007/3-540-44631-1_10

Delegation and responsibility

Timothy J. Norman, Chris Reed

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Abstract

An agent may decide to delegate tasks to others. The act of delegating a task by one autonomous agent to another can be carried out by the performance of one or more imperative communication acts. In this paper, the semantics of imperatives are specified using a language of actions and states. It is further shown how the model can be used to distinguish between whole-hearted and mere extensional satisfaction of an imperative, and how this may be used to specify the semantics of imperatives in agent communication languages.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Intelligent Agents VII Agent Theories Architectures and Languages
Subtitle of host publication	7th International Workshop, ATAL 2000 Boston, MA, USA, July 7–9, 2000 Proceedings
Editors	Cristiano Castelfranchi, Yves Lesperance
Publisher	Springer
Pages	136-149
Number of pages	14
Volume	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9783540446316
ISBN (Print)	9783540424222
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-44631-1_10
Publication status	Published - 2001
Event	7th International Workshop on Intelligent Agents VII. Agent Theories Architectures and Languages - Boston, United States Duration: 7 Jul 2000 → 9 Jul 2000

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Name	Lecture notes in computer science
Publisher	Springer
Volume	1986

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Conference	7th International Workshop on Intelligent Agents VII. Agent Theories Architectures and Languages
Abbreviated title	ATAL 2000
Country/Territory	United States
City	Boston
Period	7/07/00 → 9/07/00
Other	Intelligent Agents VII Agent Theories Architectures and Languages

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Norman, T. J., & Reed, C. (2001). Delegation and responsibility. In C. Castelfranchi, & Y. Lesperance (Eds.), Intelligent Agents VII Agent Theories Architectures and Languages: 7th International Workshop, ATAL 2000 Boston, MA, USA, July 7–9, 2000 Proceedings (Vol. 4, pp. 136-149). (Lecture notes in computer science ; Vol. 1986). Springer . https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-44631-1_10

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Norman, TJ & Reed, C 2001, Delegation and responsibility. in C Castelfranchi & Y Lesperance (eds), Intelligent Agents VII Agent Theories Architectures and Languages: 7th International Workshop, ATAL 2000 Boston, MA, USA, July 7–9, 2000 Proceedings. vol. 4, Lecture notes in computer science , vol. 1986, Springer , pp. 136-149, 7th International Workshop on Intelligent Agents VII. Agent Theories Architectures and Languages, Boston, United States, 7/07/00. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-44631-1_10

Delegation and responsibility. / Norman, Timothy J.; Reed, Chris.
Intelligent Agents VII Agent Theories Architectures and Languages: 7th International Workshop, ATAL 2000 Boston, MA, USA, July 7–9, 2000 Proceedings. ed. / Cristiano Castelfranchi; Yves Lesperance. Vol. 4 Springer , 2001. p. 136-149 (Lecture notes in computer science ; Vol. 1986).

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