Abstract
The user interface is a crucial part of most computer applications. Specially in complex applications, the user interface very often determines the acceptance or the rejection of a program by the user. The design of graphical user interfaces for multi-agent systems is specially difficult due to the particular characteristics of these systems. This difficulty is even greater when we consider the existence of more than one user. In this paper we present a proposal for a general purpose multi-agent multi-user interface. This interface supports a user taxonomy and the ability to continuously learn about the aptitude of each user in order to choose the most correct interlocutor to interact with at each moment. Cooperative decisions and conflict resolution between users are also made possible trough the automatic negotiation of the different solutions envisaged for each problem. For this purpose, a negotiation algorithm for multi-user conflict resolution inspired by the Contract Net Protocol is presented and a specific systems user scoring procedure is proposed.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Intelligent Systems for Manufacturing |
Subtitle of host publication | Multi-Agent Systems and Virtual Organizations: BASYS 1998 |
Editors | Luis M. Camarinha-Matos, Hamideh Afsarmanesh, Vladimir Marik |
Place of Publication | Boston |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 625-632 |
Number of pages | 8 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 978-0-387-35390-6 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-1-4757-5547-3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 1998 |
Event | 3rd International Conference on lriformation Technology for Balanced Automation Systems in Manufacturing.: BASYS'98 - Praga, Czech Republic Duration: 31 Aug 2021 → 31 Aug 2021 Conference number: 3 |
Publication series
Name | IFIP: The International Federation for Information Processing |
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Number | 1 |
ISSN (Electronic) | 1868-422X |
Conference
Conference | 3rd International Conference on lriformation Technology for Balanced Automation Systems in Manufacturing. |
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Country/Territory | Czech Republic |
City | Praga |
Period | 31/08/21 → 31/08/21 |
Keywords
- Multi-agent systems
- man-machine interface
- user modelling