A Hierarchical Negotiation Protocol Using Multi-Dimensional Behavior Specifications

本研究由协调理论与协作技术特别倡议资助。这是那次比赛的11个获胜者之一。这项研究旨在将人工智能、组织理论和运筹学的概念整合到一个单一的框架中。研究的论点是，这些独立领域中的计划、组织和时间表研究可以共享一个共同的表示，并且只是行为规范的不同抽象。PI为包含传统目标、计划、功能和产品层次结构的行为制定了层次的、多维的规范。该研究概述了一种基于行为规范的协调协议，其中智能代理增量交换行为信息并通过替代行为搜索来解决冲突并促进合作。该研究还在协作机器人领域的背景下，以及在人与人之间安排会议的智能系统的背景下，实现和评估了该框架。目标是利用一种新的、跨学科的协调办法促进科学和技术进步。

This research is funded under the Special Initiative on Coordination Theory and Collaboration Technology. This is one of eleven winners under that competition. This research is directed towards integrating concepts from artificial intelligence, organization theory, and operations research into a single framework. The research argument is that the plans, organizations, and schedules studies in these separate fields can share a common representation, and are simply different abstractions of a behavioral specification. The PI develops a hierarchical, multi-dimensional specification for behavior that subsumes traditional goal, plan, functional and product hierarchies. the research outlines a protocol for coordination based on the behavioral specification, where intelligent agents incrementally exchange behavioral information and search through alternative behaviors to resolve conflicts and promote cooperation. The research also implements and evaluates this framework both in the context of cooperative robotics domain, and in the context of an intelligent systems for scheduling meetings between people. The objective is to generate scientific and technological advances using a novel, interdisciplinary approach to coordination.