{"title":"An Investigation into the Use of Collaborative Concepts for Planning in Disaster Response Coalitions","authors":"C. Siebra, Austin Tate","doi":"10.1109/DIS.2006.11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/DIS.2006.11","url":null,"abstract":"This paper investigates the implications of using concepts of collaboration as part of a planning architecture, which intends to support hierarchical coalition operations. Such concepts are mostly based on teamwork approaches and they were integrated into the planning architecture via the same constraint-based framework, already in use by the architecture. The approach intends to maintain the planning and collaboration mechanisms independent of each other, providing a general rather than specific environment for the development of coalition support applications. Advantages, limitations and open issues of this approach are discussed through a practical demonstration in a disaster relief domain based on the RoboCup Rescue simulator","PeriodicalId":318812,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Workshop on Distributed Intelligent Systems: Collective Intelligence and Its Applications (DIS'06)","volume":"238 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132090834","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Early Requirement Guidelines for Multiagent System Modeling","authors":"N. Ruiz, A. Giret, V. Botti","doi":"10.1109/DIS.2006.29","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/DIS.2006.29","url":null,"abstract":"The specification of a multiagent system (MAS) is a complex problem. In the specialized literature, there are many MAS methodologies, but almost all of them lack an early requirement phase in which the initial key elements of the system are identified. In this paper, we propose some guidelines for the early requirement specification of MAS based on the decomposition theory of complex systems. These guidelines will help the software engineer to build an initial MAS structure defined by roles, goals, and role relations. Moreover, our approach can be used to define an early requirement phase in any MAS methodology","PeriodicalId":318812,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Workshop on Distributed Intelligent Systems: Collective Intelligence and Its Applications (DIS'06)","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116348628","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Role-Based Architecture for Intelligent Agent Systems","authors":"Haibin Zhu","doi":"10.1109/DIS.2006.5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/DIS.2006.5","url":null,"abstract":"This paper explores the properties of intelligent agent systems, introduces the model of role-based collaboration E-CARGO, and proposes that roles can be taken as an underlying mechanism to build intelligent agent systems by describing the process of developing agent systems and the agent dynamics in role-based agent systems. Finally, it points out the research topics of role-based distributed intelligent systems","PeriodicalId":318812,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Workshop on Distributed Intelligent Systems: Collective Intelligence and Its Applications (DIS'06)","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122091038","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Role-Based Modeling for Agent Teams","authors":"Yu Zhang, Jianwen Yin","doi":"10.1109/DIS.2006.6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/DIS.2006.6","url":null,"abstract":"This paper investigates teams of agent that cooperate towards achieving common goals. The concept of roles in a team is central to the paper. Agents act and coordinate with other agents depending on their roles. In dynamic environments, an agent may change the roles it plays over time. The coordination between agents is mainly obtained through shared mental states, communications and observations of actions of team members. We define the modeling of teams by using the notions of role-based plans and dynamic role assignment to develop a method of dynamically composing agent execution models as the agents take on different roles during the execution of a plan","PeriodicalId":318812,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Workshop on Distributed Intelligent Systems: Collective Intelligence and Its Applications (DIS'06)","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126438934","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Improving Agent Coalitions by Behavioral Patterns Clustering and Conservative Reconfiguration","authors":"K. Ciesielski","doi":"10.1109/DIS.2006.39","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/DIS.2006.39","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper we present a novel application of incremental data mining algorithms to the problem of formation and reconfiguration of coalitions of agents cooperating in dynamically evolving environment. Our experimental generator of coalitional structures takes into account both the stability of resulting coalitions and efficiency of computations. It focuses on providing nearly optimal solution in the average case and generates coherent stable groups with respect to agents beliefs, intentions, capabilities as well as the current environmental state. Incremental clustering leads to a robust adaptation of existing structure in response to rapidly changing environmental conditions. It aims at retaining the effectiveness of existing structure at the low reconfiguration costs","PeriodicalId":318812,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Workshop on Distributed Intelligent Systems: Collective Intelligence and Its Applications (DIS'06)","volume":"41 4","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131829478","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An Approach to the Application of the Design Structure Matrix for Assessing Reconfigurability of Distributed Manufacturing Systems","authors":"A. Farid, D. McFarlane","doi":"10.1109/DIS.2006.10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/DIS.2006.10","url":null,"abstract":"In recent years, a large number of approaches to developing distributed manufacturing systems have been proposed. One of the principle reasons for these developments has been to enhance the reconfigurability of a manufacturing operation; allowing it to readily adapt to changes over time. However, to date, there has only been a limited assessment of the resulting reconfigurability properties and hence it remains inconclusive as to whether a distributed manufacturing system design approach does in fact improve reconfigurability. Recently, the \"design structure matrix\" has been proposed as a tool for assessing the modularity of elements in a distributed manufacturing system by Farid, A. and McFarlane, D. (2006). However, a clear and systematic approach to its application to distributed manufacturing systems has yet to be developed. This paper outlines such an approach in three phases: 1) definition of system boundary and functionality 2) identification of system components and finally 3) identification of interfaces between components. The use of the design structure matrix is illustrated in assessing a robot assembly cell designed on distributed manufacturing system principles","PeriodicalId":318812,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Workshop on Distributed Intelligent Systems: Collective Intelligence and Its Applications (DIS'06)","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114070094","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Distributed Architecture for Mobile Multirobot Remote Interaction","authors":"A. Khamis, M. Kamel","doi":"10.1109/DIS.2006.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/DIS.2006.3","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a distributed architecture based on the usage of intelligent user interfaces and multiagent systems to facilitate cooperative Internet-based remote interaction with a multirobot system. The proposed system relies on the agent paradigm for dealing with the size and complexity of cooperative remote interaction systems with multirobots, while taking advantage of intelligent user interfaces for obtaining high degree of naturalness during the interaction sessions. This generic architecture, featuring multimodality and adaptivity, supports an unlimited number of robots, an unlimited number of behaviors, and offers different operation modes making it a suitable platform for mobile multirobot remote interaction. Two different application scenarios based on this architecture are implemented and demonstrated to verify the architecture's efficacy","PeriodicalId":318812,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Workshop on Distributed Intelligent Systems: Collective Intelligence and Its Applications (DIS'06)","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116435215","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Developing Agents for Electricity Trade Markets","authors":"S. Al-Agtash","doi":"10.1109/DIS.2006.25","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/DIS.2006.25","url":null,"abstract":"Electricity trade will eventually evolve into some type of an electronic commerce structure, facilitated by a group of collaborative software agents that work according to standard regulations and strict operational and security constraints. This paper presents developing agents for electricity trade markets. We follow a standard agent design requirements and standard agent communication protocols. The results of the test case show that agents facilitate electronic trade and drive the market price closer to the marginal cost of generation supply and far away from the estimated Cournot price","PeriodicalId":318812,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Workshop on Distributed Intelligent Systems: Collective Intelligence and Its Applications (DIS'06)","volume":"66 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116709278","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Case for a Reference Model for Agent-Based Systems","authors":"Pragnesh Jay Modi, W. Regli, I. Mayk","doi":"10.1109/DIS.2006.69","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/DIS.2006.69","url":null,"abstract":"The current state of the art in agent technology sees that several implementations of agent frameworks exist. However, there is little agreement on the terms and concepts used to describe such systems, which is a significant barrier towards adoption of these technologies by industry, military and commercial entities. A clear definition of terms and concepts at an appropriate level of abstraction is needed to facilitate discussion, evaluation and adoption of these emerging agent technologies. In this paper, we argue that a reference model for agent-based systems can fill this need. We discuss what a reference model is and why one is needed for agent-based systems. While the complete model is a work in progress, we present a preliminary version to motivate further discussion from the agents community at large. It is our hope that ultimately a wider community of practice assumes responsibility for the standardization similar to the way that the well-known seven-layer open systems interconnection (OSI) reference model was a driving force underlying communications standards","PeriodicalId":318812,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Workshop on Distributed Intelligent Systems: Collective Intelligence and Its Applications (DIS'06)","volume":"41 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128306846","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yi-Liang Chen, B. Gregory, M. Easley, M. Peot, J. Lee, T. Altshuler
{"title":"Market-Based Collaborations for Autonomous Operations of Unmanned Air Vehicles","authors":"Yi-Liang Chen, B. Gregory, M. Easley, M. Peot, J. Lee, T. Altshuler","doi":"10.1109/DIS.2006.47","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/DIS.2006.47","url":null,"abstract":"UAVs are a key element of the U.S. Army's vision for force transformation. UAVs are employed in large numbers per future combat system (FCS) unit of action (UoA). This necessitates a multi-UAV level of autonomous collaboration behavior capability that meets RSTA and other mission needs of the FCS UoAs. The autonomous collaborative mission systems (ACMS) are an extensible architecture and behavioral planning/collaborative approach to achieve this level of capability. We present a market-based approach that we developed as the main mechanism for autonomous collaboration in the ACMS. To enable flexible collaboration among a variety of heterogeneous unmanned vehicles for a broad range of missions, this market-based collaboration approach adopts a two-stage task specification and negotiation process that can accommodate different mission planning and task allocation strategies. We describe our market-based approach, its main features, and the collaboration protocol in this article","PeriodicalId":318812,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Workshop on Distributed Intelligent Systems: Collective Intelligence and Its Applications (DIS'06)","volume":"27 5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125174305","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}