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Explainable, Transparent Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems

First International Workshop, EXTRAAMAS 2019, Montreal, QC, Canada, May 13–14, 2019, Revised Selected Papers

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Table of contents (12 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
  2. Explanation and Transparency

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Towards a Transparent Deep Ensemble Method Based on Multiagent Argumentation

      • Naziha Sendi, Nadia Abchiche-Mimouni, Farida Zehraoui
      Pages 3-21
    3. Effects of Agents’ Transparency on Teamwork

      • Silvia Tulli, Filipa Correia, Samuel Mascarenhas, Samuel Gomes, Francisco S. Melo, Ana Paiva
      Pages 22-37
  3. Explainable Robots

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 39-39
    2. Explainable Multi-Agent Systems Through Blockchain Technology

      • Davide Calvaresi, Yazan Mualla, Amro Najjar, Stéphane Galland, Michael Schumacher
      Pages 41-58
    3. Explaining Sympathetic Actions of Rational Agents

      • Timotheus Kampik, Juan Carlos Nieves, Helena Lindgren
      Pages 59-76
    4. Conversational Interfaces for Explainable AI: A Human-Centred Approach

      • Sophie F. Jentzsch, Sviatlana Höhn, Nico Hochgeschwender
      Pages 77-92
  4. Opening the Black Box

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 93-93
    2. Explanations of Black-Box Model Predictions by Contextual Importance and Utility

      • Sule Anjomshoae, Kary Främling, Amro Najjar
      Pages 95-109
    3. Explainable Artificial Intelligence Based Heat Recycler Fault Detection in Air Handling Unit

      • Manik Madhikermi, Avleen Kaur Malhi, Kary Främling
      Pages 110-125
  5. Explainable Agent Simulations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 127-127
    2. BEN: An Agent Architecture for Explainable and Expressive Behavior in Social Simulation

      • Mathieu Bourgais, Patrick Taillandier, Laurent Vercouter
      Pages 147-163
  6. Planning and Argumentation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 165-165
    2. Temporal Multiagent Plan Execution: Explaining What Happened

      • Gianluca Torta, Roberto Micalizio, Samuele Sormano
      Pages 167-185
    3. Explainable Argumentation for Wellness Consultation

      • Isabel Sassoon, Nadin Kökciyan, Elizabeth Sklar, Simon Parsons
      Pages 186-202
  7. Explainable AI and Cognitive Science

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 203-203
    2. A Historical Perspective on Cognitive Science and Its Influence on XAI Research

      • Marcus Westberg, Amber Zelvelder, Amro Najjar
      Pages 205-219
  8. Back Matter

    Pages 221-221

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About this book

This book constitutes the proceedings of the First International Workshop on Explainable, Transparent Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, EXTRAAMAS 2019, held in Montreal, Canada, in May 2019.

The 12 revised and extended papers presented were carefully selected from 23 submissions. They are organized in topical sections on explanation and transparency; explainable robots; opening the black box; explainable agent simulations; planning and argumentation; explainable AI and cognitive science.


Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Applied Sciences of Western Switzerland (HES-SO), Sierre, Switzerland

    Davide Calvaresi, Michael Schumacher

  • University of Luxembourg, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg

    Amro Najjar

  • Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

    Kary Främling

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