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Automating Workflows Using Dialectical Argumentation

Visara Urovi *
Stefano Bromuri *
Jarred McGinnis *
Kostas Stathis *
Andrea Omicini *
* *Royal Holloway University of London, McCrea Building, Egham, Surrey, TW200EX, United Kingdom **Alma Mater Studiorum–Università di Bologna, Via Venezia 52, 47023 Cesena (FC), Italy email: visara@cs.rhul.ac.uk (Portugal)
* *Royal Holloway University of London, McCrea Building, Egham, Surrey, TW200EX, United Kingdom **Alma Mater Studiorum–Università di Bologna, Via Venezia 52, 47023 Cesena (FC), Italy email: visara@cs.rhul.ac.uk (Portugal)
* *Royal Holloway University of London, McCrea Building, Egham, Surrey, TW200EX, United Kingdom **Alma Mater Studiorum–Università di Bologna, Via Venezia 52, 47023 Cesena (FC), Italy email: visara@cs.rhul.ac.uk (Portugal)
* *Royal Holloway University of London, McCrea Building, Egham, Surrey, TW200EX, United Kingdom **Alma Mater Studiorum–Università di Bologna, Via Venezia 52, 47023 Cesena (FC), Italy email: visara@cs.rhul.ac.uk (Portugal)
* *Royal Holloway University of London, McCrea Building, Egham, Surrey, TW200EX, United Kingdom **Alma Mater Studiorum–Università di Bologna, Via Venezia 52, 47023 Cesena (FC), Italy email: visara@cs.rhul.ac.uk (Portugal)

Abstract

This paper presents a multi-agent framework based on argumentative agent technology for the automation of the workflow selection and executi on. In this framework, workflow selection is coordinated by agent interactions governed by the ru les of a dialogue game whose purpose is to evaluate the workflow's properties via argumentation. Once a workflow is selected using this process, the workflow is executed by dynamically configuring wo rkflow engines to coordinate the participating agents' workflow activities. We illustrate the ove rall framework with an example of workflow composition that allows an agent to book an appropriate ticket and rent a car.

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Workflow Management Agent Dialogues Argumentation Tucson Prosocs.
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Urovi, et al. (2008). Automating Workflows Using Dialectical Argumentation. IADIS International Journal on Computer Science and Information Systems, 3(2). https://doi.org/10.33965/ijcsis_2008_v3i2_10
Urovi, et al. "Automating Workflows Using Dialectical Argumentation." IADIS International Journal on Computer Science and Information Systems, vol. 3, no. 2, 2008. https://doi.org/10.33965/ijcsis_2008_v3i2_10
Urovi, et al. "Automating Workflows Using Dialectical Argumentation." IADIS International Journal on Computer Science and Information Systems 3, no. 2 (2008). https://doi.org/10.33965/ijcsis_2008_v3i2_10