Group Role Assignment with a Training Plan

Abstract

Training is a cost-effective way to enhance individual ability, which is also of great significance for group development. According to Role-Based Collaboration (RBC), the performance of an agent on a specific role is the basis of role assignment. Training directly affects the agents’ performance on roles, which will also influence the assignment scheme. To explore the specific effect of agent training, this paper discusses the formulation of training plan and role assignment after training under the premise of maximizing the group performance. The training plan includes agents and corresponding training programs. By utilizing RBC and its general model, the proposed method formulates the optimal training plan, which makes sure the selected agents perform better than in-service ones on some certain roles. The role assignment is based on the updated ability matrix, and the benefit of the training plan is also calculated. The effectiveness of the proposed method is proved by simulation experiments, and the group performance is promoted after training.