id: 06089572
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an: 06089572
au: Skorupa, Grzegorz; Lorkiewicz, Wojciech; Katarzyniak, Radosław
ti: A multi-agent strategy for integration of imprecise descriptions.
so: Pan, Jeng-Shyang (ed.) et al., Intelligent information and database
    systems. 4th Asian conference, ACIIDS 2012, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, March
    19‒21, 2012. Proceedings, Part I. Berlin: Springer (ISBN
    978-3-642-28486-1/pbk). Lecture Notes in Computer Science 7196. Lecture
    Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 1-10 (2012).
py: 2012
pu: Berlin: Springer
la: EN
cc: 
ut: knowledge integration; consensus; multi-agent system; modal statements
ci: 
li: doi:10.1007/978-3-642-28487-8_1
ab: Summary: One of the fundamental challenges of distributed multi-agent
    systems relates to the problem of knowledge integration ‒ where a
    collective stance of the distributed system needs to be determined and
    justified. Assuming a simple multi-agent system we present an intuitive
    and consistent approach to the integration of imprecise descriptions of
    individual beliefs about the external world. In particular, focusing
    our attention to simple modal statements of certainty, i.e.,
    possibility, belief and knowledge, we state rational set of
    common-sense postulates against the integration results. Further,
    utilising the Grounding Theory, as the means for appropriate grounding
    of statements, and incorporating the approach with theory of mind, as
    the underlying mechanism for interpretation of statements, we introduce
    a two-stage integration procedure. Finally, we prove the
    appropriateness of the proposed solution, show its basic properties,
    and provide a simple computational example.
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