Title
Implementing collective obligations in human-agent teams using KAoS policies
Author
van Diggelen, J.
Bradshaw, J.M.
Johnson, M.
Uszok, A.
Feltovich, P.J.
TNO Defensie en Veiligheid
Publication year
2010
Abstract
Obligations can apply to individuals, either severally or collectively. When applied severally, each individual or member of a team is independently responsible to fulfill the obligation. When applied collectively, it is the group as a whole that becomes responsible, with individual members sharing the obligation. In this paper, we present several variations of common teamwork models involving the performance of collective obligations. Some of these rely heavily on a leader to ensure effective teamwork, whereas others leave much room for member autonomy. We strongly focus on the implementation of such models. We demonstrate how KAoS policies can be used to establish desired forms of cooperation through regulation of agent behavior. Some of these policies concern invariant aspects of teamwork, such as how to behave when a leader is present, how to ensure that actions are properly coordinated, and how to delegate actions. Other policies can be enabled or disabled to regulate the degree of autonomy of the team members. We have implemented a prototype of a Mars-mission scenario that demonstrates varying team behavior when applied across these different teamwork models. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2010.
Subject
Sociology
Collective obligations
Human-agent teams
Policies
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-14962-7_3
TNO identifier
425996
ISBN
3642149618
ISSN
0302-9743
Source
5th International Workshops on Coordination, Organizations, Institutions, and Norms in Agent Systems V, COIN@MALLOW 2009, 7 September 2009 through 11 September 2009, Turin. Conference code: 82767, 6069 LNAI (M4D), 36-52
Series
Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Document type
conference paper