Teamwork in real-world, dynamic environments

Citation:

Milind Tambe. 1996. “ Teamwork in real-world, dynamic environments.” In International conference on multi-agent systems (ICMAS96).

Abstract:

Flexibleteamworkinreal-worldmulti-agentdomainsismorethana unionofagents’simultaneousexecutionofindividualplans,evenif suchexecutionpre-coordinated.Indeed,uncertaintiesincomplex,dynamicdomainsoftenobstructpre-plannedcoordination,witha resultantbreakdowninteamwork.Thecentralhypothesisinthispaperis thatfordurableteamwork,agentsshouldbeprovidedexplicitteamplansandanunderlyingmodelof teamworkthatexplicitlyoutlinestheircommitmentsandresponsibilitiesasparticipantsin teamactivities.Sucha modelenablesteammemberstoflexiblyreasonaboutcoordinationactivities.Theunderlyingmodelwehaveprovidedisbasedonthejointintentionsframework;althoughwepresentsomekeymodificationstoreflectthepracticalconstraintsin(some)real-worlddomains.Thisframeworkhasbeenimplementedinthecontextofa real-worldsyntheticenvironmentforhelicopter-combatsimulation;someempiricalresultsarepresented.
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