]> 2005-11-21T14:30:00-05:00 2005-11-21T16:30:00-05:00 I propose to investigate the issues of coordinating agent interactions by developing a framework that explicitly analyzes key components of trust, using a decision-theoretic approach. These components of trust include competence, integrity, forgiveness, and forgetfulness. The proposed thesis will show how agents can effectively employ techniques borrowed from non-cooperative game theory to induce models about other agents and then apply that learned knowledge to make decisions online.

Committee Members: Marie desJardins (Chairperson), Tim Finin, Michael Littman, Tim Oates and Lina Zhou ]]>