Abstract
For an agent in a multi-agent environment, it is often beneficial to be able to predict what other agents will do next when deciding how to act. Previous
work in multi-agent intention scheduling assumes a priori knowledge of the current goals of other agents. In this paper, we present a new approach to
multi-agent intention scheduling in which an agent uses online goal recognition to identify the goals currently being pursued by other agents while acting in pursuit of its own goals. We show how online goal recognition can be incorporated into an MCTS-based intention scheduler, and evaluate our approach in a range of scenarios. The results demonstrate that our approach can rapidly recognise the goals of other agents even when they are pursuing multiple goals concurrently, and has similar performance to agents which know the goals of other agents a priori.
work in multi-agent intention scheduling assumes a priori knowledge of the current goals of other agents. In this paper, we present a new approach to
multi-agent intention scheduling in which an agent uses online goal recognition to identify the goals currently being pursued by other agents while acting in pursuit of its own goals. We show how online goal recognition can be incorporated into an MCTS-based intention scheduler, and evaluate our approach in a range of scenarios. The results demonstrate that our approach can rapidly recognise the goals of other agents even when they are pursuing multiple goals concurrently, and has similar performance to agents which know the goals of other agents a priori.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the Thirty-Second International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence |
| Subtitle of host publication | Main Track |
| Publisher | IJCAI |
| Pages | 91-99 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-1-956792-03-4 |
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| Publication status | Published - 19 Aug 2023 |
| Event | IJCAI 2023: 32nd International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence - Macao, China Duration: 19 Jun 2023 → 25 Jun 2023 Conference number: 32 https://ijcai-23.org/ |
Conference
| Conference | IJCAI 2023 |
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| Country/Territory | China |
| City | Macao |
| Period | 19/06/23 → 25/06/23 |
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Bibliographical note
AcknowledgementsFor the purpose of open access, the authors have applied a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) licence to any Author Accepted Manuscript version arising from this submission.