A Multi-agent Planning Model Applied to Teamwork Management
Leonardo Henrique Moreira, Célia Ghedini Ralha · 2018
In multi-agent systems, the decision making process is composed of five stages defined as teamwork phases: potential recognition, team formation, plan formation, team action, and reconfiguration. Furthermore, the management of available resources in order to achieve synergy may require huge efforts from authorities, especially in an environment where resources are heterogeneous and their relationships are complex. Therefore, solutions were prospected in Artificial Intelligence research areas, such as multi-agent planning, in order to find possible solutions for this issue. After a systematic mapping study, some related work was highlighted and checked about the adequacy of supporting teamwork phases. Thus, this work selected and evaluated the application of the Lightweight Coordination Multi-Agent Planning (LCMAP) model to aid teamwork management. The LCMAP characteristics were detailed and discussed mapping them to teamwork phases. LCMAP evaluation was carried out using the wumpus world adapted to represent military teamwork operations. Results highlighted that LCMAP can be applied as a solution for teamwork management.