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Modelling Conflict Dynamics in Dyadic Interactions

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Change is at the core of conflict resolution. Conflicts provoke changes in other people's behaviours, beliefs or goals, and changes influence the state of conflict between the parties, making it a dynamic process over time. In this paper, we present a model of conflict based on aspiration dynamics and a satisfying heuristic, which incorporates the agent's sensitivity to conflict. As such, agents are able to detect conflict and have a choice to act pro-socially.

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AAMAS '18: Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and MultiAgent Systems
July 2018
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Published: 09 July 2018

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  1. conflict detection
  2. conflict dynamics
  3. socially intelligent agents

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AAMAS '18: Autonomous Agents and MultiAgent Systems
July 10 - 15, 2018
Stockholm, Sweden

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