Peter McBurney

Orcid: 0000-0001-5547-5239

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  • University of Liverpool, UK


According to our database1, Peter McBurney authored at least 189 papers between 2000 and 2024.

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2024
The Topos of Transformer Networks.
CoRR, 2024

Learning Translations: Emergent Communication Pretraining for Cooperative Language Acquisition.
CoRR, 2024

2023
EQRbot: A chatbot delivering EQR argument-based explanations.
Frontiers Artif. Intell., February, 2023

Sybil in the Haystack: A Comprehensive Review of Blockchain Consensus Mechanisms in Search of Strong Sybil Attack Resistance.
Algorithms, January, 2023

Joining the Conversation: Towards Language Acquisition for Ad Hoc Team Play.
CoRR, 2023

A Measure of Explanatory Effectiveness.
CoRR, 2023

Unwrapping All ReLU Networks.
CoRR, 2023

2022
Reasoning and interaction for social artificial intelligence.
AI Commun., 2022

Towards an Enthymeme-Based Communication Framework in Multi-Agent Systems.
Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Principles of Knowledge Representation and Reasoning, 2022

Towards an Enthymeme-Based Communication Framework.
Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, 2022

2021
Argument Schemes and Dialogue Protocols: Doug Walton's Legacy in Artificial Intelligence.
FLAP, 2021

Sybil attacks on identity-augmented Proof-of-Stake.
Comput. Networks, 2021

A computational model of argumentation schemes for multi-agent systems.
Argument Comput., 2021

The Influence of Memory in Multi-Agent Consensus.
Proceedings of the Thirty-Fifth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 2021

2020
Self-Governing Public Decentralised Systems - Work in Progress.
Proceedings of the Socio-Technical Aspects in Security and Trust, 2020

Agent EXPRI: Licence to Explain.
Proceedings of the Explainable, Transparent Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, 2020

Towards a Value-driven Explainable Agent for Collective Privacy.
Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, 2020

2019
A formalisation and prototype implementation of argumentation for statistical model selection.
Argument Comput., 2019

Modelling deception using theory of mind in multi-agent systems.
AI Commun., 2019

Deploying a Shareholder Rights Management System onto a Distributed Ledger.
Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and MultiAgent Systems, 2019

2018
A characterization of types of support between structured arguments and their relationship with support in abstract argumentation.
Int. J. Approx. Reason., 2018

Quantitative analysis of multi-agent systems through statistical verification of simulation traces.
Int. J. Agent Oriented Softw. Eng., 2018

Choosing Appropriate Arguments from Trustworthy Sources.
Proceedings of the Computational Models of Argument, 2018

Argumentation Schemes for Data Access Control.
Proceedings of the Computational Models of Argument, 2018

Lies, Bullshit, and Deception in Agent-Oriented Programming Languages.
Proceedings of the 20th International Trust Workshop co-located with AAMAS/IJCAI/ECAI/ICML 2018, 2018

Using Distributed Ledger Technology for Shareholder Rights Management.
Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and MultiAgent Systems, 2018

Towards an Approach for Modelling Uncertain Theory of Mind in Multi-Agent Systems.
Proceedings of the Agreement Technologies - 6th International Conference, 2018

On the Formal Semantics of Theory of Mind in Agent Communication.
Proceedings of the Agreement Technologies - 6th International Conference, 2018

2017
Engineering the emergence of norms: a review.
Knowl. Eng. Rev., 2017

Validation and Verification of Smart Contracts: A Research Agenda.
Computer, 2017

Team Persuasion.
Proceedings of the Theory and Applications of Formal Argumentation, 2017

A Dynamic Logic Framework for Abstract Argumentation: Adding and Removing Arguments.
Proceedings of the Advances in Artificial Intelligence: From Theory to Practice, 2017

Multi-Agent Flag Coordination Games.
Proceedings of the 16th Conference on Autonomous Agents and MultiAgent Systems, 2017

2016
Special issue on argumentation in multi-agent systems.
Argument Comput., 2016

Pricing Options with Portfolio-Holding Trading Agents in Direct Double Auction.
Proceedings of the ECAI 2016 - 22nd European Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 29 August-2 September 2016, The Hague, The Netherlands, 2016

Learning unfair trading: A market manipulation analysis from the reinforcement learning perspective.
Proceedings of the 2016 IEEE Conference on Evolving and Adaptive Intelligent Systems, 2016

Preferences in Argumentation for Statistical Model Selection.
Proceedings of the Computational Models of Argument, 2016

2015
Trading in markets with noisy information: an evolutionary analysis.
Connect. Sci., 2015

MC<sup>2</sup>MABS: A Monte Carlo Model Checker for Multiagent-Based Simulations.
Proceedings of the Multi-Agent-Based Simulation XVI - International Workshop, 2015

Quantitative Analysis of Multiagent Systems Through Statistical Model Checking.
Proceedings of the Engineering Multi-Agent Systems - Third International Workshop, 2015

Monitoring Hierarchical Agent-based Simulation Traces.
Proceedings of the 2015 International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, 2015

2014
Efficient Multi-Objective Optimisation of Service Compositions in Mobile Ad hoc Networks Using Lightweight Surrogate Models.
J. Univers. Comput. Sci., 2014

Argument schemes for reasoning about trust.
Argument Comput., 2014

Surrogate-assisted optimisation of composite applications in mobile ad hoc networks.
Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, 2014

Direct Exchange Mechanisms for Option Pricing.
Proceedings of the Multi-Agent Systems - 12th European Conference, 2014

Towards Argumentation for Statistical Model Selection.
Proceedings of the Computational Models of Argument, 2014

2013
Efficient storage and retrieval in agent protocol libraries using subsumption hierarchies.
Multiagent Grid Syst., 2013

Dynamic assignment of roles, rights and responsibilities in normative multi-agent systems.
J. Log. Comput., 2013

Strategies for question selection in argumentative dialogues about plans.
Argument Comput., 2013

Research opportunities for argumentation in social networks.
Artif. Intell. Rev., 2013

The role of the environment in agreement technologies.
Artif. Intell. Rev., 2013

Flexible QoS-aware service composition in highly heterogeneous and dynamic service-based systems.
Proceedings of the 9th IEEE International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, 2013

Towards Agent Dialogue as a Tool for Capturing Software Design Discussions.
Proceedings of the Theory and Applications of Formal Argumentation, 2013

Exploring Optimal Service Compositions in Highly Heterogeneous and Dynamic Service-Based Systems.
Proceedings of the Search Based Software Engineering - 5th International Symposium, 2013

Verification and Validation of Agent-Based Simulations Using Approximate Model Checking.
Proceedings of the Multi-Agent-Based Simulation XIV - International Workshop, 2013

Towards a quality modelling language for component-based systems (QML/CS).
Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Quality Assurance for Service-based Applications, 2013

Opponent Modelling in Persuasion Dialogues.
Proceedings of the IJCAI 2013, 2013

2012
Compositional transient reachability analysis for agent-based simulations.
Stud. Inform. Univ., 2012

Using argumentation to reason about trust and belief.
J. Log. Comput., 2012

Competition between markets and the CAT Tournament: Guest editors' introduction to the special issue.
Electron. Commer. Res. Appl., 2012

Centralized vs. Market-Based and Decentralized Decision Making: a Review.
Cybern. Syst., 2012

Deliberation dialogues for reasoning about safety critical actions.
Auton. Agents Multi Agent Syst., 2012

Using argumentation to model agent decision making in economic experiments.
Auton. Agents Multi Agent Syst., 2012

Investigating Strategic Considerations in Persuasion Dialogue Games.
Proceedings of the STAIRS 2012, 2012

Mechanisms for Opponent Modelling.
Proceedings of the 2012 Imperial College Computing Student Workshop, 2012

Improving the Quality of Distributed Composite Service Applications.
Proceedings of the 2012 Imperial College Computing Student Workshop, 2012

Argument Schemes for Reasoning about Trust.
Proceedings of the Computational Models of Argument, 2012


Social Networking and Information Diffusion in Automated Markets.
Proceedings of the Agent-Mediated Electronic Commerce. Designing Trading Strategies and Mechanisms for Electronic Markets, 2012

2011
A quarter-century of <i>The Knowledge Engineering Review</i>: Introduction to the Special Issue.
Knowl. Eng. Rev., 2011

Propositional Dynamic Logic for Reasoning about First-Class Agent Interaction Protocols.
Comput. Intell., 2011

Weighted argument systems: Basic definitions, algorithms, and complexity results.
Artif. Intell., 2011

Arguments over Co-operative Plans.
Proceedings of the Theorie and Applications of Formal Argumentation, 2011

What Are Models for?
Proceedings of the Multi-Agent Systems - 9th European Workshop, 2011

Some Thoughts on Using Argumentation to Handle Trust - (Invited Talk).
Proceedings of the Computational Logic in Multi-Agent Systems, 2011

Co-learning Segmentation in Marketplaces.
Proceedings of the Adaptive and Learning Agents - International Workshop, 2011

Argumentation-based reasoning in agents with varying degrees of trust.
Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2011), 2011

Using Argumentation to Reason with and about Trust.
Proceedings of the Argumentation in Multi-Agent Systems - 8th International Workshop, 2011

A Simple Logical Approach to Reasoning with and about Trust.
Proceedings of the Logical Formalizations of Commonsense Reasoning, 2011

Market niching in multi-attribute computational resource allocation systems.
Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Electronic Commerce, 2011

2010
A Novel Method for Strategy Acquisition and Its Application to a Double-Auction Market Game.
IEEE Trans. Syst. Man Cybern. Part B, 2010

A supply chain as a network of auctions.
Decis. Support Syst., 2010

Evolutionary mechanism design: a review.
Auton. Agents Multi Agent Syst., 2010

What the 2007 TAC Market Design Game tells us about effective auction mechanisms.
Auton. Agents Multi Agent Syst., 2010

Market-based control of computational systems: introduction to the special issue.
Auton. Agents Multi Agent Syst., 2010

How Argumentation can Enhance Dialogues in Social Networks.
Proceedings of the Computational Models of Argument: Proceedings of COMMA 2010, 2010

Characterising and matching iterative and recursive agent interaction protocols.
Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2010), 2010

A distributed algorithm for anytime coalition structure generation.
Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2010), 2010

A logic-based representation for coalitional games with externalities.
Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2010), 2010

Reasoning about Trust Using Argumentation: A Position Paper.
Proceedings of the Argumentation in Multi-Agent Systems - 7th International Workshop, 2010

2009
Exogenous coalition formation in the e-marketplace based on geographical proximity.
Electron. Commer. Res. Appl., 2009

Dialogue games that agents play within a society.
Artif. Intell., 2009

On representing coalitional games with externalities.
Proceedings of the Proceedings 10th ACM Conference on Electronic Commerce (EC-2009), 2009

Integrating Data Mining and Agent Based Modeling and Simulation.
Proceedings of the Advances in Data Mining. Applications and Theoretical Aspects, 2009

Coalition Structure Generation in Multi-Agent Systems with Positive and Negative Externalities.
Proceedings of the IJCAI 2009, 2009

Inconsistency tolerance in weighted argument systems.
Proceedings of the 8th International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2009), 2009

Altruism and agents: an argumentation based approach to designing agent decision mechanisms.
Proceedings of the 8th International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2009), 2009

How Specialised Are Specialists? Generalisation Properties of Entries from the 2008 and 2009 TAC Market Design Competitions.
Proceedings of the Agent-Mediated Electronic Commerce. Designing Trading Strategies and Mechanisms for Electronic Markets, 2009

Model Checking Command Dialogues.
Proceedings of the Uses of Computational Argumentation, 2009

Dialogue Games for Agent Argumentation.
Proceedings of the Argumentation in Artificial Intelligence, 2009

2008
Technology diffusion: analysing the diffusion of agent technologies.
Auton. Agents Multi Agent Syst., 2008

Editorial: Special issue on foundations, advanced topics and industrial perspectives of multi-agent systems.
Auton. Agents Multi Agent Syst., 2008

Pre-processing Techniques for Anytime Coalition Structure Generation Algorithms.
Proceedings of the Knowledge Representation for Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, 2008

An Analysis of Entries in the First TAC Market Design Competition.
Proceedings of the 2008 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology, 2008

Optimal Coalition Structure Generation In Partition Function Games.
Proceedings of the ECAI 2008, 2008

Towards Dynamic Assignment of Rights and Responsibilities to Agents (Short Version).
Proceedings of the Advances in Computer Science and Engineering, 2008

Ronald: A Domain-Specific Language to Study the Interactions Between Malaria Infections and Drug Treatments.
Proceedings of the International Conference on Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, 2008

JCAT: a platform for the TAC market design competition.
Proceedings of the 7th International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2008), 2008

Characterizing effective auction mechanisms: insights from the 2007 TAC market design competition.
Proceedings of the 7th International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2008), 2008

Argumentation and Artifact for Dialogue Support.
Proceedings of the Argumentation in Multi-Agent Systems, Fifth International Workshop, 2008

Annotation and Matching of First-Class Agent Interaction Protocols.
Proceedings of the Argumentation in Multi-Agent Systems, Fifth International Workshop, 2008

Command Dialogues.
Proceedings of the Argumentation in Multi-Agent Systems, Fifth International Workshop, 2008

CAT - a market design competition.
Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference on the Synthesis and Simulation of Living Systems, 2008

On illegal composition of first-class agent interaction protocols.
Proceedings of the Computer Science 2008, 2008

2007
Introduction to the special issue: The AgentLink III technical forums.
ACM Trans. Auton. Adapt. Syst., 2007

The eightfold way of deliberation dialogue.
Int. J. Intell. Syst., 2007

A formal semantics for Gaia liveness rules and expressions.
Int. J. Agent Oriented Softw. Eng., 2007

Guest Editors' Introduction: Argumentation Technology.
IEEE Intell. Syst., 2007

The Agents Are All Busy Doing Stuff!
IEEE Intell. Syst., 2007

STRATUM: A Methodology for Designing Heuristic Agent Negotiation Strategies.
Appl. Artif. Intell., 2007

First-Class Protocols for Agent-Based Coordination of Scientific Instruments.
Proceedings of the 16th IEEE International Workshops on Enabling Technologies: Infrastructures for Collaborative Enterprises (WETICE 2007), 2007

Agents Deliberating over Action Proposals Using the <i>ProCLAIM</i> Model.
Proceedings of the Multi-Agent Systems and Applications V, 2007

Arguing for gaining access to information.
Proceedings of the 6th International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2007), 2007

A Persuasion Dialog for Gaining Access to Information.
Proceedings of the Argumentation in Multi-Agent Systems, 4th International Workshop, 2007

On the Relevance of Utterances in Formal Inter-agent Dialogues.
Proceedings of the Argumentation in Multi-Agent Systems, 4th International Workshop, 2007

Co-argumentation Artifact for Agent Societies.
Proceedings of the Argumentation in Multi-Agent Systems, 4th International Workshop, 2007

Auctions, Evolution, and Multi-agent Learning.
Proceedings of the Adaptive Agents and Multi-Agent Systems III. Adaptation and Multi-Agent Learning, 2007

2006
Foreword.
Synth., 2006

Computational Representation of Practical Argument.
Synth., 2006

Crossing the agent technology chasm: Lessons, experiences and challenges in commercial applications of agents.
Knowl. Eng. Rev., 2006

PARMENIDES: Facilitating Deliberation in Democracies.
Artif. Intell. Law, 2006

Using Constraints and Process Algebra for Specification of First-Class Agent Interaction Protocols.
Proceedings of the Engineering Societies in the Agents World VII, 2006

Automating Argumentation for Deliberation in Cases of Conflict of Interest.
Proceedings of the Computational Models of Argument: Proceedings of COMMA 2006, 2006

Commercial applications of agents: lessons, experiences and challenges.
Proceedings of the 5th International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2006), 2006

2005
The AgentLink III Technical Forums: Introduction to the Special Issue.
Knowl. Eng. Rev., 2005

The Role of Agent Interaction in Models of Computing: Panelist Reviews.
Proceedings of the Workshop on the Foundations of Interactive Computation, 2005

A Mathematical Model of Dialog.
Proceedings of the Workshop on the Foundations of Interactive Computation, 2005

Computer decision-support systems for public argumentation: assessing deliberative legitimacy.
AI Soc., 2005

A Dialogue Game Protocol for Multi-Agent Argument over Proposals for Action.
Auton. Agents Multi Agent Syst., 2005

Agent-Based Computing and Programming of Agent Systems.
Proceedings of the Programming Multi-Agent Systems, 2005

Multi-agent System Specification Using TCOZ.
Proceedings of the Multiagent System Technologies, Third German Conference, 2005

Arguing about cases as practical reasoning.
Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Law, 2005

Multi-Agent Argumentation for eDemocracy.
Proceedings of the EUMAS 2005, 2005

Law-governed Linda as a semantics for agent dialogue protocols.
Proceedings of the 4th International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2005), 2005

What kind of argument are we going to have today?
Proceedings of the 4th International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2005), 2005

Generating intentions through argumentation.
Proceedings of the 4th International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2005), 2005

On the Meta-logic of Arguments.
Proceedings of the Argumentation in Multi-Agent Systems, Second International Workshop, 2005

New Types of Inter-agent Dialogues.
Proceedings of the Argumentation in Multi-Agent Systems, Second International Workshop, 2005

2004
Decision Support for Practical Reasoning.
Proceedings of the Argumentation Machines, New Frontiers in Argument and Computation., 2004

A Manifesto for Agent Technology: Towards Next Generation Computing.
Auton. Agents Multi Agent Syst., 2004

PARMENIDES: Facilitating Democratic Debate.
Proceedings of the Electronic Government: Third International Conference, 2004

Bargaining and Argument-Based Negotiation: .
Proceedings of the Argumentation in Multi-Agent Systems, First International Workshop, 2004

Some Preliminary Steps Towards a Meta-theory for Formal Inter-agent Dialogues.
Proceedings of the Argumentation in Multi-Agent Systems, First International Workshop, 2004

A Denotational Semantics for Deliberation Dialogues.
Proceedings of the Argumentation in Multi-Agent Systems, First International Workshop, 2004

An Evolutionary Game-Theoretic Comparison of Two Double-Auction Market Designs.
Proceedings of the Agent-Mediated Electronic Commerce VI, 2004

Locutions for Argumentation in Agent Interaction Protocols.
Proceedings of the Agent Communication, International Workshop on Agent Communication, 2004

2003
Argumentation-based negotiation.
Knowl. Eng. Rev., 2003

AAAI-2002 Fall Symposium Series.
AI Mag., 2003

A Dialogue Game Protocol for Agent Purchase Negotiations.
Auton. Agents Multi Agent Syst., 2003

Towards a Computational Account of Persuasion in Law.
Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Law, 2003

Engineering Democracy in Open Agent Systems.
Proceedings of the Engineering Societies in the Agents World IV, 2003

Structuring Dialogue between the People and Their Representatives.
Proceedings of the Electronic Government, Second International Conference, 2003

Applying genetic programming to economic mechanism design: evolving a pricing rule for a continuous double auction.
Proceedings of the Second International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents & Multiagent Systems, 2003

Argumentation-Based Communication between Agents.
Proceedings of the Communication in Multiagent Systems, 2003

Dialogue Game Protocols.
Proceedings of the Communication in Multiagent Systems, 2003

Democracy in open agent systems.
Proceedings of the Second International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents & Multiagent Systems, 2003

Posit spaces: a performative model of e-commerce.
Proceedings of the Second International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents & Multiagent Systems, 2003

When Are Two Protocols the Same?
Proceedings of the Communication in Multiagent Systems, 2003

Optimal utterances in dialogue protocols.
Proceedings of the Second International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents & Multiagent Systems, 2003

The Mechanics of Some Formal Inter-agent Dialogues.
Proceedings of the Advances in Agent Communication, 2003

The Posit Spaces Protocol for Multi-agent Negotiation.
Proceedings of the Advances in Agent Communication, 2003

Concepts of Optimal Utterance in Dialogue: Selection and Complexity.
Proceedings of the Advances in Agent Communication, 2003

Logics of Argumentation for Chance Discovery.
Proceedings of the Chance Discovery, 2003

Agent Communications for Chance Discovery.
Proceedings of the Chance Discovery, 2003

2002
Rational interaction.
PhD thesis, 2002

Forecasting market demand for new telecommunications services: an introduction.
Telematics Informatics, 2002

Chance Discovery and Scenario Analysis.
New Gener. Comput., 2002

Games That Agents Play: A Formal Framework for Dialogues between Autonomous Agents.
J. Log. Lang. Inf., 2002

Formalizing Scenario Analysis.
Proceedings of the UAI '02, 2002

Decision making by intelligent agents: logical argument, probabilistic inference and the maintenance of beliefs and acts.
Proceedings of the 9th International Workshop on Non-Monotonic Reasoning (NMR 2002), 2002

Desiderata for agent argumentation protocols.
Proceedings of the First International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents & Multiagent Systems, 2002

Co-evolutionary Auction Mechanism Design: A Preliminary Report.
Proceedings of the Agent-Mediated Electronic Commerce IV, 2002

2001
First international workshop on chance discovery.
Knowl. Eng. Rev., 2001

Dialectical Argumentation for Reasoning about Chemical Carcinogenicity.
Log. J. IGPL, 2001

A Geometric Semantics for Dialogue Game Protocols for Autonomous Agent Interactions.
Proceedings of the 3rd Workshop on GEometry and Topology in COncurrency theory, 2001

Representing Epistemic Uncertainty by Means of Dialectical Argumentation.
Ann. Math. Artif. Intell., 2001

Chance Discovery Using Dialectical Argumentation.
Proceedings of the New Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence, 2001

A formal framework for inter-agent dialogues.
Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Autonomous Agents, 2001

2000
Risk Agoras: Dialectical Argumentation for Scientific Reasoning.
Proceedings of the UAI '00: Proceedings of the 16th Conference in Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA, June 30, 2000


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