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In other words, the delegator adjusts their own delegation so that the new delegated plan is
more abstract.
For example
Ag
1
changes her delegation to
Ag
2
from 'prepare a dinner composed of spaghetti
with pesto' and 'chicken with french fries' to 'I need something to eat' (
Ag
1
can cook a different
dinner or can buy something to eat or can invite
Ag
1
to a restaurant, and so on).
Closing of delegation
Delegates
(
Ag
1
Ag
2
τ
x
)
∧
Dom
-
a
(
αα
x
)
(7.17)
In other words, the delegator adjusts its own delegation so that the new delegated plan is
more specified.
7.2.4 Channels for the Bilateral Adjustments
For adjusting delegation and help, channels and protocols are necessary. As we have said,
on the trustor/client's side, they are useful for monitoring (reporting, observing, inspecting),
and intervention (instructions, guidance, helps, repair, brake); on the trustee/delegee's side
it is useful to have some space for discretion and practical innovation. For both client and
contractor, are useful channels and protocols for communication and re-negotiation during the
role-playing and the task execution.
The Trustor's Side
As we have already written,
Ag
1
must have some form of
control
on and during
Ag
2
's task
realization, otherwise no adjustment is possible. Obviously, the feedback, i.e. monitoring, is
useful for a run-time adjustment and must be provided in time for the intervention. In general,
the feedback activity is the precondition for an intervention.
In multi-agent systems, in order to guarantee agents a dynamic adjustment of delegation
and their mixed initiative we have to provide such an
infrastructure
, while in human-computer
interaction we have to provide the user with those two channels.
When
Ag
2
has the initiative (it is starting with an adoption action), if
Ag
1
wants to change
this adoption it needs a
communication channel
with
Ag
2
.
The Trustee's Side
Ag
2
can run-time adjust the delegation of
Ag
1
(and its own autonomy) if it is in condition of
either:
a) having a
communication channel
for
(re-)starting negotiation
by offering/proposing a
different level of help to
Ag
1
;or
b) having enough practical freedom to
directly change
the action (this condition should be by
definition a characteristic of autonomous agents).
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