Explanation in human-agent teamwork

There are several applications in which humans and agents jointly perform a task. If the task involves interdependence among the team members, coordination is required to achieve good team performance. This paper discusses the role of explanation in coordination in human-agent teams. Explanations about agent behavior for humans can improve...

Explanation and coordination in human-agent teams: A study in the BW4T testbed

There are several applications in which humans and agents jointly perform a task. If the task involves interdependence among the team members, coordination is required to achieve good team performance. Coordination in human-agent teams can be improved by giving humans insight in the behavior of the agents. When humans are able to understand and...

Implementing collective obligations in human-agent teams using KAoS policies

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...

Assessing Human-Agent Teams for Future Space Missions

Running computer simulations of work practices early on lets researchers test humanagent teams in dangerous, complex environments by incrementally increasing fidelity, adding realistic features, and incorporating human participants.

Policy-based design of human-machine collaboration in manned space missions

Team design is an important issue in manned planetary exploration. This paper demonstrates the feasibility of studying team design by using a computational policy approach for requirements engineering and system implementation. © 2009 IEEE.

From tools to teammates: Joint activity in human-agent-robot teams

Coordination is an essential ingredient of joint activity in human-agent-robot teams. In this paper, we discuss some of the challenges and requirements for successful coordination, and briefly how we have used KAoS HART services framework to support coordination in a multi-team human-robot field exercise. © 2009 Springer Berlin Heidelberg.