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Coordination, Organizations, Institutions, Norms, and Ethics for Governance of Multi-Agent Systems XVI (COINE 2023)

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Abstract

This paper explores the interplay of multiagent systems (MAS) with the Web to identify research challenges related to the governance of Web-based MAS. We first consider as a case study the process for allocating donated bodily organs to potential transplant recipients. We then discuss candidate architectures for governance in Web-based MAS that would support this scenario, from which we derive several research questions that emerge in pursuing the aim of agents on the Web.

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    https://www.ont.es.

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    https://trasplantaments.gencat.cat.

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    In its original form, Carrel includes a waiting list of donors, which other TCU agents can consult once a donor is available. Here, we only consider agent-to-agent interactions and assume that the agent holding the request asks other agents for potential donors.

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    https://www.dagstuhl.de/23081.

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Acknowledgments

Singh thanks the US National Science Foundation (grant IIS-1908374) and the Department of Defense (Science of Security Lablet) for support for this research. The authors acknowledge the Leibniz Center for Informatics for hosting Dagstuhl Seminar 23081: Agents on the Web held in February 2023. Dagstuhl provided the working environment for the “Governance” group whose discussions provide the basis for this paper. In addition, the authors acknowledge Mehdi Dastani and Wendy Hall for participation in working group discussions. The authors acknowledge the helpful guidance from the anonymous reviewers highlighting issues for attention from the initial submission.

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Charpenay, V., Baldoni, M., Ciortea, A., Cranefield, S., Padget, J., Singh, M.P. (2023). Governing Agents on the Web. In: Fornara, N., Cheriyan, J., Mertzani, A. (eds) Coordination, Organizations, Institutions, Norms, and Ethics for Governance of Multi-Agent Systems XVI. COINE 2023. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 14002. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-49133-7_4

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