Designers of human-agent systems use the term "interdependence," drawing on the work of organisat... more Designers of human-agent systems use the term "interdependence," drawing on the work of organisational theorists and sociologists that is set in a human context. In this paper, we extend the agent systems analysis by semi-formally defining several types of task and agent interdependence that are introduced in the organisation theory literature. We illustrate how knowledge of different types of interdependence can assist designers in choosing appropriate coordination mechanisms between agents.
This paper presents a negotiation-based obstacle avoidance scheme for teams involved in cooperati... more This paper presents a negotiation-based obstacle avoidance scheme for teams involved in cooperative load transportation. A decentralised behaviour-based cooperative control coordinates the team’s motion. The negotiation protocol is implemented as one of the behaviours within the control scheme, and utilises explicit and local communication. We tested the cooperative control in simulation and show that the cooperative control is successful as well as scalable and robust. We also demonstrate the strength of the fuzzy logic based motion controllers in mitigating the effects of approximate team heading.
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