FROM ROLES TO TEAMWORK: A FRAMEWORK AND ARCHITECTURE

Authors: Ch S.; Padgham N.L.

Source: Applied Artificial Intelligence, Volume 12, Number 2, 1 March 1998 , pp. 211-231(21)

Publisher: Taylor and Francis Ltd

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Abstract:

Teamwork requires organization, strategies, and coordination. The design of a multiagent system should support these conceptual properties for constructing effective teams. The advantage of a teamwork approach is the reduction in complexity of the task through distribution of responsibilities, resulting in better utilization of resources, robust behaviors, and a greater variety of behaviors against competitors. In this article a framework for building teams of responsible agents using roles, responsibilities, and strategies is described. Its application to the domain of soccer is used to design a high-performance team of soccer agents. The architecture for these agents utilizes a reactive planning system with support for teamwork. The team of soccer agents will be tested in a series of competitions against other teams in the real-time soccer simulator proposed for Robocup-97, which provides an uncertain, resource bounded world.

Language: English

Document Type: Research article

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