A multi-agent system supporting cooperative work done by persons and machines

Author

Moulin, Bernard ; Chaib-draa, Brahim ; Cloutier, Louis

Author_Institution

Dept. d´´Inf., Laval Univ., Ste. Foy, Que., Canada

fYear

1991

fDate

13-16 Oct 1991

Firstpage

1889

Abstract

An approach to model group interactions involving persons and machines is presented. It is based on a language/action perspective where a conversation corresponds to a script of interactions which takes place among a group of agents performing speech acts as well as ordinary acts. These speech acts and ordinary acts are discussed along with two main knowledge structures, the communication/action structures and the decision space, which represent agents´ mental attitudes, plans, and communication activities

Keywords

distributed processing; groupware; interactive systems; man-machine systems; planning (artificial intelligence); agents´ mental attitudes; artificial intelligent; communication/action structures; cooperative work; decision space; group interaction model; human-computer systems; interactive systems; knowledge structures; multiagent system; planning; Collaborative work; Decision making; Expert systems; Humans; Information systems; Intelligent agent; Meeting planning; Multiagent systems; Natural languages; Speech;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 1991. 'Decision Aiding for Complex Systems, Conference Proceedings., 1991 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Charlottesville, VA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0233-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSMC.1991.169960

Filename

169960