Arguing from experience using multiple groups of agents

Abstract

A framework to support "Arguing from Experience" using groups of collaborating agents (termed participant agents/players) is described. The framework is an extension of the PISA multi-party arguing from experience framework. The original version of PISA allowed n participants to promote n goals (one each) for a given example. The described extension of PISA allows individuals with the same goals to pool their resources by forming "groups". The framework is fully described and its effectiveness illustrated using a number of classification scenarios. The main finding is that by using groups more accurate results can be obtained than when agents operate in isolation. © 2011 Taylor and Francis.