Dialogue in Teamwork
Barbara Dunin‐Kȩplicz, Rineke Verbrugge Ph.D. · 2010
The synthesis of the three approaches of dialogue theory, speech act theory and dynamic logic enables us to specify that in given circumstances the dialogue results in a certain outcome. The novelty of this chapter lies in applying this combination of approaches to a theory of teamwork. The chapter draws characteristics of particular dialogues, and discusses their role during teamwork. Teamwork begins from potential recognition when an initiator tries to find out which agents could cooperate on the goal and how these can be combined into a team. The chapter presents different aspects that play a role in dialogue during teamwork, such as trust, speech acts and Walton and Krabbe’s formalization of rigorous persuasion dialogues. It also presents the role of dialogue at each stage of teamwork. The chapter ends with a discussion of recent research on dialogue theory in teamwork and multi-agent systems in general. Controlled Vocabulary Terms multi-agent systems; speech; team working