Conflict negotiation among personal calendar agents

ABSTRACT

We will demonstrate distributed conflict resolution in the context of personalized meeting scheduling. The demonstration will show how distributed constraint optimization can be used to facilitate interaction between cognitive agents and their users. The system is part of the CALO personal cognitive assistant that will also be explored during the demonstration.

REFERENCES

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  H. Information Systems
  H.4 INFORMATION SYSTEMS APPLICATIONS
      H.4.1 Office Automation
          Subjects: Time management (e.g., calendars, schedules)

Additional Classification:
  I. Computing Methodologies
  I.2 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
        I.2.11 Distributed Artificial Intelligence
            Subjects: Intelligent agents

  K. Computing Milieux
  K.6 MANAGEMENT OF COMPUTING AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS
      K.6.3 Software Management

General Terms:
Design, Human Factors

Keywords:
personal assistants, scheduling, user interfaces