A Formal Graphical Language of Interdependence in Teamwork

Journal article (2019)

Authors

C. Wei Hohai University
Koen V. Hendriks Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
M.B. van Riemsdijk Interactive Intelligence - EEMCS
C.M. Jonker Interactive Intelligence - EEMCS
Research Group
Interactive Intelligence (EEMCS) (TU Delft)
Copyright: © 2019 C. Wei, Koen V. Hendriks, M.B. van Riemsdijk, C.M. Jonker
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/MIS.2019.2942580
Teamwork Reliability Intelligent systems Multi-agent systems Logic gates Solids Unified modeling language
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Published Date

01-09-2019

Language

English

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Faculty

Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science

Department

Intelligent Systems

Research Group

Interactive Intelligence

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.