Multi-agent Planning via Mutually Constraining the Space of Behaviour
Austin Tate · 1997
Work is described which seeks to support multiagent mixed initiative interaction between a "task assignment" or "command" agent and a planning agent 1 . Each agent maintains an agenda of outstanding tasks it is engaged in and uses a common representation of tasks, plans, processes and activities based on the notion that these are all "constraints on behaviour". Interaction between the agents uses explicit task and option management information. This framework can form a basis for mixed initiative user/system agents working together to mutually constrain task descriptions and plans and to coordinate the task-oriented generation, refinement and enactment of those plans. Introduction Under the O-Plan Project (Currie and Tate, 1991; Tate, Drabble and Kirby, 1994) at the University of Edinburgh, which is part of the DARPA/Rome Laboratory Planning Initiative (Tate, 1996a), we are exploring mixed initiative planning methods and their application to realistic problems in logistics, air camp...