DocumentCode :
480661
Title :
Planning for Coordination and Coordination for Planning
Author :
Durfee, Edmund H.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Volume :
1
fYear :
2008
fDate :
9-12 Dec. 2008
Firstpage :
1
Lastpage :
3
Abstract :
Except in very controlled or fortuitous circumstances, good coordination between agents does not spontaneously occur. In general, agents need to plan for coordination, anticipating how their activities can affect each other and choosing actions that dovetail well together to achieve their separate and common goals. Of course, this is easier said than done, since the potential space of agents´ action and interaction sequences to consider is intractable. I discuss some technologies that make it practical to plan for good coordination by exploiting algorithmic, representational, and problem-specific structure. Furthermore, when conducted by the involved agents, the processes for planning coordination need to be coordinated themselves. Toward this end, I also outline meta-level strategies for coordinating the agents´ planning processes.
Keywords :
multi-agent systems; planning (artificial intelligence); agents planning processes; coordination for planning; planning for coordination; Computer science; Intelligent agent; Process planning; Resource management; Space technology; Strategic planning; Technology planning; USA Councils; Artificial Intelligence; Coordination; Multiagent Systems; Planning;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Web Intelligence and Intelligent Agent Technology, 2008. WI-IAT '08. IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Sydney, NSW
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3496-1
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/WIIAT.2008.389
Filename :
4740415
Link To Document :
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