A Formal Graphical Language of Interdependence in Teamwork

Journal Article (2019)
Author(s)

Changyun Wei (Hohai University)

KV Hendriks (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

Birna Van Riemsdijk (TU Delft - Interactive Intelligence)

C.M. Jonker (TU Delft - Interactive Intelligence)

Research Group
Interactive Intelligence
Copyright
© 2019 C. Wei, Koen V. Hendriks, M.B. van Riemsdijk, C.M. Jonker
DOI related publication
https://doi.org/10.1109/MIS.2019.2942580
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Publication Year
2019
Language
English
Copyright
© 2019 C. Wei, Koen V. Hendriks, M.B. van Riemsdijk, C.M. Jonker
Research Group
Interactive Intelligence
Bibliographical Note
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Issue number
5
Volume number
34
Pages (from-to)
25-34
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Abstract

Agents in teamwork may be highly interdependent on each other, the awareness of interdependence relationships is an important requirement for designing and consequently implementing a multi-agent system. In this work, we propose a formal graphical and domain-independent language that can facilitate the identification of comprehensive interdependences among the agents in teamwork. Moreover, a formal semantics is also introduced to precisely express and explain the properties of a graphical structure. The novel feature of the graphical language is that it complements the Interdependence Analysis Color Scheme in a way that explicitly models negative influences and, in addition, provides a visual-communication aid for developers. To demonstrate the applicability and sufficiency of the graphical language in a variety of domains, our case studies include a multi-robot scenario and a human-robot scenario.

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