Argumentation in Multi-Agent Systems

During the last decade Argumentation has been gaining importancewithin ArtificialIntelligence especially in multi agent systems. Argumentation is apowerful mechanism for modelling the internal reasoning of an agent.It also provides tools for analysing, designing andimplementing sophisticated forms of interaction among rational agents,thus making important contributions to the theory and practice ofmultiagent dialogues.Application domains include: nonmonotonic reasoning, legal disputes,business negotiation, labor disputes, team formation, scientificinquiry, deliberative democracy, ontology reconciliation, riskanalysis, scheduling, and logistics.This volume presents the latest developments in this area at the interface ofargumentation theory and multi agent systems. The 10 revised fullpapers presentedtogether with 3 invited papers from the AAMAS 2008 conference were carefullyreviewed and selected from numerous submissions. The papers are organized intopical sections on argument-based reasoning, argumentation anddialogue, as well asstrategic and pragmatic issues.