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Techniques and Directions for Building Very Large Agent Teams
P. Scerri, J.A. Giampapa, and K. Sycara
2005 International Conference on Integration of Knowledge Intensive Multi-Agent Systems, KIMAS'05: Modeling, Exploration, and Engineering, IEEE Boston Section, P.O. Box 1331, Piscataway, NJ 08855--1331, April, 2005, pp. 79--84.

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Abstract

We have developed probabilistic algorithms that leverage the associates network for distributed plan instantiation, role allocation, information sharing and adjustable autonomy with a team. By developing such new algorithms, we have been able to build teams of hundreds of cooperating agents, and test specific behaviors among tens of thousands of agents. In this paper, we describe the algorithms that we have developed, the tests that we subjected them to, and sketch some of the key challenges that remain to be addressed.

Notes

Sponsor: AFOSR
Grant ID: F49620-01-1-0542

Associated center: CIMDS
Associated lab/group: Intelligent Software Agents
Associated projects: Cooperative Attack Munition Real Time Assessment and AFOSR PRET: Information Fusion for Command and Control: The Translation of Raw Data To Actionable Knowledge and Decision

Number of pages: 6

Text Reference

P. Scerri, J.A. Giampapa, and K. Sycara, "Techniques and Directions for Building Very Large Agent Teams," 2005 International Conference on Integration of Knowledge Intensive Multi-Agent Systems, KIMAS'05: Modeling, Exploration, and Engineering, IEEE Boston Section, P.O. Box 1331, Piscataway, NJ 08855--1331, April, 2005, pp. 79--84.

BibTeX Reference

@inproceedings{Scerri_2005_5052,
   author = "Paul Scerri and Joseph Andrew Giampapa and Katia Sycara",
   title = "Techniques and Directions for Building Very Large Agent Teams",
   booktitle = "2005 International Conference on Integration of Knowledge Intensive Multi-Agent Systems, KIMAS'05: Modeling, Exploration, and Engineering",
   month = "April",
   year = "2005",
   pages = "79--84",
   publisher = "IEEE Boston Section",
   address = "P.O. Box 1331, Piscataway, NJ 08855--1331"
}