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Overview

Mehdi Dastani is affiliated with Utrecht University in the Netherlands. Their research primarily falls within the field of Computer Science, with a focus on Artificial Intelligence. Their work extends to several key subfields, including:

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Management Science and Operations Research
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Management Information Systems
  • Strategy and Management

The main topics of Dastani's academic work cover a range of areas in intelligent systems and reasoning mechanisms:

  • Logic, Reasoning, and Knowledge
  • Multi-Agent Systems and Negotiation
  • Reinforcement Learning in Robotics
  • Artificial Intelligence in Games
  • Semantic Web and Ontologies
  • Bayesian Modeling and Causal Inference
  • Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI)

Dastani has published extensively, including in both journals and conference proceedings. Their most frequent publication venues include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • AI & Society
  • Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence

Notable recent papers by Dastani in collaboration with other authors are:

  • "A survey of multi-agent deep reinforcement learning with communication," 2024, Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems
  • "Pricing and collection rate decisions in a closed-loop supply chain considering consumers' environmental responsibility," 2020, Journal of Cleaner Production
  • "Reasoning about responsibility in autonomous systems: challenges and opportunities," 2022, AI & Society
  • "A Survey of Multi-Agent Deep Reinforcement Learning with Communication," 2022, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • "Channel choice for an independent remanufacturer considering environmentally responsible consumers," 2020, International Journal of Production Economics

Dastani frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Brian Logan
  • Natasha Alechina
  • Shihan Wang
  • Frank Dignum
  • I. S. W. B. Prasetya

In addition to journal articles and conference papers, Dastani has contributed to book publications under the Springer Science+Business Media imprint. These include:

  • Fundamentals of Software Engineering, 2021
  • Logic and Argumentation, 2020

Best Publications

  • Multi-Agent Programming:

    Amal El Fallah Seghrouchni;Jürgen Dix;Mehdi Dastani;Rafael H. Bordini

  • Multi-Agent Programming: Languages, Tools and Applications

    Rafael H. Bordini;Mehdi Dastani;Jürgen Dix;Amal El Fallah Seghrouchni

  • 2APL: a practical agent programming language

    Mehdi Dastani

  • Introduction to Multi-Agent Systems

    Mehdi Dastani;Matthijs van Onna;Kevin Leyton-Brown;Michael Wooldridge

  • The BOID architecture: conflicts between beliefs, obligations, intentions and desires

    Jan Broersen;Mehdi Dastani;Joris Hulstijn;Zisheng Huang

  • Goal generation in the BOID architecture

    J. Broersen;M. Dastani;J. Hulstijn;L. van der Torre

  • Role-assignment in open agent societies

    Mehdi Dastani;Virginia Dignum;Frank Dignum

  • A Programming Language for Cognitive Agents: Goal Directed 3APL

    Mehdi Dastani;M. Birna van Riemsdijk;Frank Dignum;John-Jules Ch. Meyer

  • Computational Modeling of Emotion: Toward Improving the Inter- and Intradisciplinary Exchange

    Rainer Reisenzein;Eva Hudlicka;Mehdi Dastani;Jonathan Gratch

  • Programming Multi-Agent Systems in 3APL

    Mehdi Dastani;M. van Birna Riemsdijk;John-Jules Ch. Meyer

  • Normative Multi-agent Programs and Their Logics

    Mehdi Dastani;Davide Grossi;John-Jules Ch. Meyer;Nick Tinnemeier

  • Goals in agent systems: a unifying framework

    M. Birna van Riemsdijk;Mehdi Dastani;Michael Winikoff

  • Programming agent deliberation: an approach illustrated using the 3APL language

    Mehdi Dastani;Frank de Boer;Frank Dignum;John-Jules Meyer

  • Enacting and deacting roles in agent programming

    Mehdi Dastani;M. Birna Van Riemsdijk;Joris Hulstijn;Frank Dignum

  • Enacting and Deacting Roles in Agent Programming

    M.M. Dastani;M.B. van Riemsdijk;J. Hulstijn;F.P.M. Dignum

  • Programming norm-aware agents

    Natasha Alechina;Mehdi Dastani;Brian Logan

  • The Role of Visual Perception in Data Visualization

    Mehdi Dastani

  • Goal Types in Agent Programming

    Mehdi Dastani;M. Birna van Riemsdijk;John-Jules Ch. Meyer

  • A logic of emotions for intelligent agents

    Bas R. Steunebrink;Mehdi Dastani;John-Jules Ch. Meyer

  • Foundations of organizational structures in multiagent systems

    Davide Grossi;Frank Dignum;Mehdi Dastani;Lambèr Royakkers

  • How to decide what to do

    Mehdi Dastani;Joris Hulstijn;Leendert W. N. van der Torre

  • PROGRAMMING MULTI-AGENT-SYSTEMS

    Mehdi Dastani;Jorge J. Gomez-sanz

Frequent Co-Authors

John-Jules Ch. Meyer
John-Jules Ch. Meyer Utrecht University
Leendert van der Torre
Leendert van der Torre University of Luxembourg
Frank Dignum
Frank Dignum Umeå University
Rafael H. Bordini
Rafael H. Bordini Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul
Fabiano Dalpiaz
Fabiano Dalpiaz Utrecht University
Guido Governatori
Guido Governatori Central Queensland University
Catholijn M. Jonker
Catholijn M. Jonker Delft University of Technology
Jan Treur
Jan Treur Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Koen V. Hindriks
Koen V. Hindriks Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Michael Winikoff
Michael Winikoff Victoria University of Wellington

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