Computational Accountability in MAS Organizations with ADOPT

• Published in: Applied sciences Vol. 8; no. 4; p. 489
• Main Authors: Baldoni, Matteo, Baroglio, Cristina, May, Katherine, Micalizio, Roberto, Tedeschi, Stefano
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.04.2018
• Subjects: Accountability; agent-based programming; Artificial intelligence; computational accountability; Computer applications; Design; methodologies for agent-based systems; Organizational aspects; organizations and institutions; Roles; social commitments; socio–technical systems; Software; Canada; United States > US; Germany

In this paper we enhance the protocol by clearly separating the role adoption phase from the goal agreement phase, and by relying on well-known FIPA protocols to capture the message exchanges which create the accountability relationships (represented by social commitments), and make them evolve. [.....