An Abstract Framework for Agent-Based Explanations in AI

Giovanni Ciatto, Davide Calvaresi, Michael I. Schumacher, Andrea Omicini

We propose an abstract framework for XAI based on MAS encompassing the main definitions and results from the literature, focussing on the key notions of interpretation and explanation.

(keywords) Abstract Framework; Multi-Agent Systems; XAI

19th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and MultiAgent Systems, pages 1816-1818, May 2020.
Amal El Fallah Seghrouchni, Gita Sukthankar, Bo An, Neil Yorke-Smith (eds.), International Foundation for Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems.
Extended Abstract

@inproceedings{agentbasedxai-aamas2020,
acmid = {10.5555/3398761.3398992},
author = {Ciatto, Giovanni and Calvaresi, Davide and Schumacher, Michael I. and Omicini, Andrea},
booktitle = {19th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and MultiAgent Systems},
dblpid = {conf/atal/CiattoCSO20},
editor = {El Fallah Seghrouchni, Amal and Sukthankar, Gita and An, Bo and Yorke-Smith, Neil},
irisid = {11585/785178},
isbn = {978-1-4503-7518-4},
issn = {2523-5699},
keywords = {Abstract Framework; Multi-Agent Systems; XAI},
location = {Auckland, New Zeland},
month = may,
note = {Extended Abstract},
numpages = 3,
pages = {1816--1818},
publisher = {International Foundation for Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems},
scholarid = {6887880147832489319},
scopusid = {2-s2.0-85090291401},
title = {An Abstract Framework for Agent-Based Explanations in {AI}},
url= {http://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/3398761.3398992},
url-pdf = {http://ifaamas.org/Proceedings/aamas2020/pdfs/p1816.pdf},
year = 2020}