Three Myths about Roles
Myriam Abramson · 2005
In multi-agent systems, roles provide an apriori decomposi-tion of the task based on the interactions of the agents. Roles are instantiated by the agents ' actions and/or messages. Role allocation has emerged as a key computational tool in the co-ordination of intelligent agents who are exible enough to take on any role. It is in this context that some rethinking about roles and their representation is needed. Illustrations in the game of Go, a game of strategy, highlight the key issues.