Agent teamwork and reorganisation: exploring self-awareness in dynamic situations

- Keogh, Kathleen, Sonenberg, Liz

Title
Agent teamwork and reorganisation: exploring self-awareness in dynamic situations
Creator
Keogh, Kathleen; Sonenberg, Liz
Date
2006
Type
Text; Conference paper
Identifier
http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/42095
Identifier
vital:1418
Abstract
We propose attributes that are needed in sophisticated agent teams capable of working to manage an evolving disaster. Such agent teams need to be dynamically formed and ca- pable of adaptive reorganization as the demands and com- plexity of the situation evolve. The agents need to have self- awareness of their own roles, responsibilities and capabilities and be aware of their relationships with others in the team. Each agent is not only empowered to act autonomously to- ward realizing their goals, agents are also able to negotiate to change roles as a situation changes, if reorganization is required or perceived to be in the team interest. The hierar- chical 'position' of an agent and the 'relationships' between agents govern the authority and obligations that an agent adopts. Such sophisticated agents might work in a collabora- tive team with people to self-organize and manage a critical incident such as a bush-¯re. We are planning to implement a team of agents to interface with a bush-¯re simulation, working with people in real time, to test our architecture.; E1
Publisher
Hakodate, Japan : Future University
Relation
Paper presented at Fifth International Workshop on Agent Technology for Disaster Management, Workshop Program, AAMAS 2006, Hakodate, Japan : 8th May, 2006
Rights
Open Access
Rights
Copyright ACM
Rights
This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
Subject
Human performance modeling; Reorganization; Simulation; Multi-agent systems
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