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Collective attitudes for teamwork in dynamic environments
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Dunin-Keplicz, Barbara Verbrugge, Rineke |
| Copyright Year | 2006 |
| Abstract | This article presents a theory of teamwork that may be applicable for example in multiagent systems. This formal model aims to enhance human-computer cooperation by precisely defining the notions necessary to methodologically organize the work of a cooperative team. The framework consists of both a static part, defining collective motivational attitudes in such a way that the system developer can adapt them to the circumstances, and a dynamic part monitoring the changes in team attitudes during the course of cooperative problem solving (CPS). In this article we focus on the static part of the theory, including its cognitive aspects. First, the notion of collective intention in teams of agents is investigated. Starting from individual intentions, goals, and beliefs defining agents’ local asocial attitudes, we arrive at an understanding of collective intention in cooperative teams as a rather strong concept: it implies that all members intend for all others to share that intention. This way a team is glued together by collective intention, and exists as long as this attitude holds, after which it may disintegrate. Collective intentions are formalized in a multi-modal logical framework. Together with individual and collective knowledge and/or belief, collective intention constitutes a basis for preparing a plan, reflected in the strongest attitude, i.e., in collective commitment, defined and investigated in the next part. Different versions of collective commitments that are applicable in different situations, differ with respect to the aspects of teamwork of which the agents involved are aware, and the kind of awareness present within a team. This way a kind of tuning mechanism is provided for the system developer to tune a version of collective commitment fitting the circumstances. Finally, a few exemplar versions of collective commitment resulting from instantiating the general tuning scheme are presented. This paper is meant as a survey of the teamwork theory that has been presented in a much more technical manner in [1, 2]. |
| Starting Page | 7 |
| Ending Page | 30 |
| Page Count | 24 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Volume Number | 7 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://rinekeverbrugge.nl/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Collectiveattitudes-CS06.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
