Coordination Advice: A Preliminary Investigation of Human Advice to Multiagent Teams - Robotics Institute Carnegie Mellon University

Coordination Advice: A Preliminary Investigation of Human Advice to Multiagent Teams

N. Schurr, Paul Scerri, and M. Tambe
Conference Paper, Proceedings of AAAI '04 Spring Symposium on Interaction between Humans and Autonomous Systems over Extended Operation, pp. 87 - 92, March, 2004

Abstract

This paper introduces a new area of advice that is specific to advising a multiagent team: Coordination Advice. Coordination Advice differs from traditional advice because it pertains to coordinated tasks and interactions between agents. Given a large multiagent team interacting in a dynamic domain, optimal coordination is a difficult challenge. Human advisors can improve such coordination via advice. This paper is a preliminary look at the evolution of Coordination Advice from a human through three different domains: (i) disaster rescue simulation, (ii) a self-maintaining robotics sensors, and (iii) personal assistants in a office environment. We study how the useful advice a person can give changes as the domains change and the number of agents and roles increase.

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BibTeX

@conference{Schurr-2004-16937,
author = {N. Schurr and Paul Scerri and M. Tambe},
title = {Coordination Advice: A Preliminary Investigation of Human Advice to Multiagent Teams},
booktitle = {Proceedings of AAAI '04 Spring Symposium on Interaction between Humans and Autonomous Systems over Extended Operation},
year = {2004},
month = {March},
pages = {87 - 92},
}