@conference {1510349,
	title = {Electric Elves: Adjustable autonomy in real-world multiagent environments },
	booktitle = {Socially Intelligent Agents creating relationships with computers and Robots},
	year = {2002},
	publisher = {Kluwer Academic Publishers},
	organization = {Kluwer Academic Publishers},
	abstract = {Through adjustable autonomy (AA), an agent can dynamically vary the degree
to which it acts autonomously, allowing it to exploit human abilities to improve
its performance, but without becoming overly dependent and intrusive. AA research is critical for successful deployment of agents to support important human
activities. While most previous work has focused on individual agent-human interactions, this paper focuses on teams of agents operating in real-world human
organizations, as well as the novel AA coordination challenge that arises when
one agent{\textquoteright}s inaction while waiting for a human response can lead to potential
miscoordination. Our multi-agent AA framework, based on Markov decision
processes, provides an adaptive model of users that reasons about the uncertainty, costs, and constraints of decisions. Our approach to AA has proven
essential to the success of our deployed Electric Elves system that assists our
research group in rescheduling meetings, choosing presenters, tracking people{\textquoteright}s
locations, and ordering meals.},
	author = {D. V. Pynadath and Tambe, Milind}
}
