TY - GEN
T1 - Matrix-based representation for coordination fault detection
T2 - 6th International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, AAMAS'07
AU - Kalech, Meir
AU - Lindner, Michael
AU - Kaminka, Gal A.
PY - 2007/12/1
Y1 - 2007/12/1
N2 - Teamwork requires that team members coordinate their actions. The representation of the coordination is a key requirement since it influences the complexity and flexibility of reasoning team-members. One aspect of this requirement is detecting coordination faults as a result of intermittent failures of sensors, communication failures, etc. Detection of such failures, based on observations of the behavior of agents, is of prime importance. Though different solutions have been presented thus far, none has presented a comprehensive and formal resolution to this problem. This paper presents a formal approach to representing multiagent coordination, and multiagent observations, using matrix structures. This representation facilitates easy representation of coordination requirements, modularity, flexibility and reuse of existing systems. Based on this representation we present a novel solution for fault detection that is both generic and efficient for large-scale teams.
AB - Teamwork requires that team members coordinate their actions. The representation of the coordination is a key requirement since it influences the complexity and flexibility of reasoning team-members. One aspect of this requirement is detecting coordination faults as a result of intermittent failures of sensors, communication failures, etc. Detection of such failures, based on observations of the behavior of agents, is of prime importance. Though different solutions have been presented thus far, none has presented a comprehensive and formal resolution to this problem. This paper presents a formal approach to representing multiagent coordination, and multiagent observations, using matrix structures. This representation facilitates easy representation of coordination requirements, modularity, flexibility and reuse of existing systems. Based on this representation we present a novel solution for fault detection that is both generic and efficient for large-scale teams.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=60349123168&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1145/1329125.1329270
DO - 10.1145/1329125.1329270
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:60349123168
SN - 9788190426275
T3 - Proceedings of the International Conference on Autonomous Agents
SP - 516
EP - 523
BT - AAMAS'07 - Proceedings of the 6th International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems
Y2 - 14 May 2008 through 18 May 2008
ER -