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@MISC{Allen99mixed-initiativeinteraction,
author = {James F. Allen},
title = {Mixed-Initiative Interaction},
year = {1999}
}
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Abstract
spect of effective multiagent collaboration to solve problems or perform tasks. In our minimal human-computer configuration, such tasks could include systems designed to interact with a user to design a kitchen, find the best airfare, coordinate an emergency relief mission, or teach the user how to use new equipment. Mixed-initiative refers to a flexible interaction strategy, where each agent can contribute to the task what it does best. Furthermore, in the most general cases, the agents' roles are not determined in advance, but opportunistically negotiated between them as the problem is being solved. At any one time, one agent might have the initiative---controlling the interaction---while the other works to assist it, contributing to the interaction as required. At other times, the roles are reversed, and at other times again the agents might be working independently, assisting each other only when specifically asked. The agents dynamically adapt their interaction st
