Adaptive Cognitive Agents: Updating Action Descriptions and Plans

Peter Stringer; Rafael C. Cardoso; Clare Dixon; Michael Fisher; Louise A. Dennis

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-43264-4_22

Adaptive Cognitive Agents: Updating Action Descriptions and Plans

Peter Stringer^* (Corresponding Author), Rafael C. Cardoso, Clare Dixon, Michael Fisher, Louise A. Dennis

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University of Manchester

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Abstract

In this paper we present an extension of Belief-Desire-Intention agents which can adapt their performance in response to changes in their environment. We consider situations in which the agent’s actions no longer perform as anticipated. Our agents maintain explicit descriptions of the expected behaviour of their actions, are able to track action performance, learn new action descriptions and patch affected plans at runtime. Our main contributions are the underlying theoretical mechanisms for data collection about action performance, the synthesis of new action descriptions from this data and the integration with plan reconfiguration. The mechanisms are supported by a practical implementation to validate the approach.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Multi-Agent Systems
Subtitle of host publication	20th European Conference, EUMAS 2023, Naples, Italy, September 14–15, 2023, Proceedings
Publisher	Springer
Pages	345-362
Number of pages	18
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-031-43264-4
ISBN (Print)	978-3-031-43263-7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-43264-4_22
Publication status	Published - 7 Sept 2023
Event	20th European Conference of Multi-Agents Systems: 20th European Conference of Multi-Agents Systems - University of Naples, Naples, Italy Duration: 14 Sept 2023 → 15 Sept 2023 https://vadimmalvone.github.io/eumas2023/

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Publisher	Springer
Volume	14282
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	20th European Conference of Multi-Agents Systems
Abbreviated title	EUMAS
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Naples
Period	14/09/23 → 15/09/23
Other	20th European Conference of Multi-Agents Systems, EUMAS 2023, Naples, Italy, September 14–15, 2023
Internet address	https://vadimmalvone.github.io/eumas2023/

Bibliographical note

This work has been supported by The University of Manchester’s Department of Computer Science and the EPSRC “Robotics and AI for Nuclear” (EP/R026084/1), “Future AI and Robotics for Space” (EP/R026092/1), and Computational Agent Responsibility (EP/W01081X/1) Hubs and the TAS Verifiability Node (EP/V026801). During the course of this work, Michael Fisher was supported by the Royal Academy of Engineering.

Keywords

Beliefs-Desires-Intentions
Action Descriptions
AI Planning

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Stringer, P., Cardoso, R. C., Dixon, C., Fisher, M., & Dennis, L. A. (2023). Adaptive Cognitive Agents: Updating Action Descriptions and Plans. In Multi-Agent Systems: 20th European Conference, EUMAS 2023, Naples, Italy, September 14–15, 2023, Proceedings (pp. 345-362). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 14282). Springer . https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-43264-4_22

Adaptive Cognitive Agents: Updating Action Descriptions and Plans. / Stringer, Peter (Corresponding Author); Cardoso, Rafael C.; Dixon, Clare et al.
Multi-Agent Systems: 20th European Conference, EUMAS 2023, Naples, Italy, September 14–15, 2023, Proceedings. Springer , 2023. p. 345-362 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 14282).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Published conference contribution

Stringer, P, Cardoso, RC, Dixon, C, Fisher, M & Dennis, LA 2023, Adaptive Cognitive Agents: Updating Action Descriptions and Plans. in Multi-Agent Systems: 20th European Conference, EUMAS 2023, Naples, Italy, September 14–15, 2023, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 14282, Springer , pp. 345-362, 20th European Conference of Multi-Agents Systems, Naples, Italy, 14/09/23. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-43264-4_22

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