Chapter 12 Making Agents Acceptable To People (2008)
Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, Patrick Beautement, Maggie R. Breedy, Larry Bunch, Sergey V. Drakunov, Paul J. Feltovich, ...
Abstract. Because ever more powerful intelligent agents will interact with people in increasingly sophisticated and important ways, greater attention must be given to the technical and social aspects...
Gary Klein, Klein Associates, Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, Robert R. Hoffman, Paul J. Feltovich, R. Hoffman, ...
We propose 10 challenges for making automation components into effective “team players ” when they interact with people in significant ways. Our analysis is based on some of the principles of...
Alessandro Acquisti, Maarten Sierhuis, William J. Clancey, Jeffrey M. Bradshaw
ABSTRACT: The International Space Station is one the most complex projects ever, with numerous interdependent constraints affecting productivity and crew safety. This requires planning years before...
16. Making Agents Acceptable to People (2008)
Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, Patrick Beautement, Maggie R. Breedy, Sergey V. Drakunov, Paul J. Feltovich, Robert R. Hoffman, ...
Because ever more powerful intelligent agents will interact with people in increasingly sophisticated and important ways, greater attention must be given to the technical and social aspects of how to...
Kaa: Policy-based Explorations of a Richer Model for Adjustable Autonomy (2008)
Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, Hyuckchul Jung, Shri Kulkarni, Matthew Johnson, Paul Feltovich, Larry Bunch, ...
Though adjustable autonomy is hardly a new topic in agent systems, there has been a general lack of consensus on terminology and basic concepts. In this paper, we describe the multi-dimensional...
Coordination in Human-Agent-Robot Teamwork (2008)
Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, Paul J. Feltovich, Matthew Johnson, Larry Bunch, Maggie Breedy, Hyuckchul Jung, ...
Coordination is an essential ingredient of a teamworkcentered approach to autonomy. In this paper, we discuss some of the challenges and requirements for successful coordination, and briefly how we...
Integration of KAoS Policy Services with Semantic Web Services (2008)
Andrzej Uszok, Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, Gianluca Tonti, Renia Jeffers, Lars E. Olson
In this demo we present the integration of the universal ontology-based KAoS Policy and Domain Services [2, 10] with Semantic Web Services [1, 5, 8] running inside the Tomcat servlet container
Chapter 17 KAoS: Toward An Industrial-Strength Open Agent Architecture (2008)
Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, Stewart Dutfield, Pete Benoit, John D. Woolley
The complexity of modern engineered systems motivates the requirement for timely access to technical and operational documentation (Boy 1991, 1992). Documents are both the most valuable and the most...
Gary Klein, David D. Woods, Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, Robert R. Hoffman, Paul J. Feltovich
In this essay, we outline ten challenges for making automation components into effective “team players ” when they interact with people in significant ways. Our analysis is based on some of the...
Philip Chan, Ronaldo Menezes, Debasis Mitra, Eraldo Ribeiro, Marius Silaghi, Ahu Sieg, ...
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Patrick Beautement, Michael Kirton, Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, Niranjan Suri, Edmund H. Durfee, Craig A. Knoblock
aims to show that multiagent systems offer effective tools for dealing with complex real-world problems by enabling agile and robust coalition operations and interoperability between heterogeneous...
Management for Semantic Web Services (2008)
Andrzej Uszok, Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, Matthew Johnson, Renia Jeffers
domain services help with policy specification, analysis, disclosure, and enforcement for Semantic Web Services. The authors describe these capabilities in the context of three
An Overview of the NOMADS Mobile Agent System 1 (2007)
Niranjan Suri, Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, Maggie R. Breedy, Paul T. Groth, Gregory A. Hill, Renia Jeffers, ...
NOMADS is a mobile agent system that supports strong mobility (i.e., the ability to capture and transfer the full execution state of mobile agents) and safe Java agent execution (i.e., the ability to...
Alessandro Acquisti, Maarten Sierhuis, William J. Clancey, Jeffrey M. Bradshaw
ABSTRACT: The International Space Station is one the most complex projects ever, with numerous interdependent constraints affecting productivity and crew safety. This requires planning years before...
Hansen, Robert J., Bradshaw, Jeffrey M., Raj, Anil, Glymour, Clark, Pratt, Jerry
The Institute for Human and Machine Cognition (IHMC) is pleased to submit a report of progress on the project "Human Systems Technology" for the 2005 fiscal year. This fiscal year work began on May...
Representing context for multiagent trust modeling (2006)
Martin Rehák, Michal Pěchouček, Jeffrey M. Bradshaw
We present a universal mechanism that can be combined with existing trust models to extend their capabilities towards efficient modelling of the situational (contextdependent) trust. The mechanism...
Ra Toninelli, Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, Lalana Kagal, Rebecca Montanari
Abstract. Policies are being increasingly used for controlling the behavior of complex multi-agent systems. The use of policies allows administrators to regulate agent behavior without changing...
Ra Toninelli, Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, Lalana Kagal, Rebecca Montanari
Abstract. Policies are being increasingly used for controlling the behavior of complex multi-agent systems. The use of policies allows administrators to regulate agent behavior without changing...
Toward Trustworthy Adjustable Autonomy and Mixed-Initiative Interaction in KAoS (2004)
Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, Hyuckchul Jung, Shri Kulkarni, Matthew Johnson, Paul Feltovich, James Allen, ...
Abstract. Trust is arguably the most crucial aspect of agent acceptability. At its simplest level, it can be characterized in terms of judgments that people make concerning three factors: an...
Policy-based coordination in joint human-agent activity (2004)
Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, Paul Feltovich, Hyuckchul Jung, Shri Kulkarni, James Allen, Larry Bunch, ...
Abstract – In this paper, we outline an approach to policy-based coordination in joint human-agent activity. The approach is grounded in a theory of joint activity originally developed in the...
Toward Trustworthy Adjustable Autonomy and Mixed-Initiative Interaction in KAoS (2004)
Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, Hyuckchul Jung, Shri Kulkarni, James Allen, Larry Bunch, Nathanael Chambers, ...
Trust is arguably the most crucial aspect of agent acceptability. Many aspects of trust can be addressed through policy. Policies are a means to dynamically regulate the behavior of system components...
Policy and Contract Management for Semantic Web Services (2004)
Andrzej Uszok, Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, Renia Jeffers, Matthew Johnson
This paper summarizes our efforts to develop capabilities for policy and contract management for Semantic Web Services applications. KAoS services and tools allow for the specification, management,...
Intelligent Agents for Coalition Search and Rescue Task Support (2004)
Austin Tate Jeff, Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, Andrzej Uszok
The Coalition Search and Rescue Task Support demonstration shows cooperative agents supporting a highly dynamic mission in which AI task planning, inter-agent collaboration, workflow enactment,...
Andrzej Uszok, Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, Renia Jeffers, Austin Tate, Jeff Dalton
In this paper we describe our experience in applying KAoS services to ensure policy compliance for Semantic Web Services workflow composition and enactment. We are developing these capabilities...
Agent Systems for Coalition Search and Rescue Task Support (2004)
Austin Tate, Jeff Dalton, Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, Andrzej Uszok
Abstract. The Coalition Search and Rescue Task Support project shows cooperative agents supporting a highly dynamic mission in which AI task planning, inter-agent collaboration, workflow enactment,...
Running Head: Common Ground Common Ground and Coordination in Joint Activity (2004)
Gary Klein, Paul J. Feltovich, Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, David D. Woods, Common Ground P
Common Ground P. 2 Generalizing the concepts of joint activity developed by Clark (1996), we describe key aspects of team coordination. Joint activity depends on interpredictability of the...
Dimensions of adjustable autonomy and mixed-initiative interaction (2004)
Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, Paul J. Feltovich, Hyuckchul Jung, Shriniwas Kulkarni, William Taysom, Andrzej Uszok
Abstract. Several research groups have grappled with the problem of characterizing and developing practical approaches for implementing adjustable autonomy and mixed-initiative interaction in...
Semantic Web languages for policy representation and reasoning: A comparison of KAoS (2003)
Gianluca Tonti, Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, Renia Jeffers, Rebecca Montanari, Niranjan Suri, Andrzej Uszok
Abstract. Policies are being increasingly used for automated system management and controlling the behavior of complex systems, allowing administrators to modify system behavior without changing...
The coalition agents experiment: Network-enabled coalition operations (2003)
Patrick Beautement, Michael Kirton, Jeffrey M Bradshaw, Niranjan Suri, Austin Tate, Mark Burstein
The coalition agents experiment: network-enabled coalition operations
Human-Agent Teamwork and Adjustable Autonomy in Practice (2003)
Maarten Sierhuis Jeffrey, Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, Ro Acquisti, Ron Van Hoof, Renia Jeffers
This paper outlines a preliminary perspective on teamwork and adjustable autonomy in groups involving a mix of humans and autonomous agents. Unlike other approaches to agent teamwork, a humancentered...
Intentionally Blank ii Acknowledgements (2003)
Austin Tate, Jeff Dalton Aiai, Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, Andrzej Uszok Ihmc, Matthew Johnson, Hyuckchul Jung, ...
views and conclusions contained in this document are those of the authors and should not be interpreted as representing the official policies, either expressed or implied, of the Defense
Coalition Agents Experiment: Multi-Agent Co-operation in an International Coalition Setting (2002)
Allsopp, David N., Beautement, Patrick, Bradshaw, Jeffrey M., Durfee, Edmund H., Kirton, Michael
Military Coalitions are examples of large-scale multi-faceted virtual organizations, which sometimes need to be rapidly created and flexibly changed as circumstances alter. The Coalition Agents...
Coalition Agents Experiment: Multi-Agent Co-operation in an International Coalition Setting (2002)
David N. Allsopp, Patrick Beautement, Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, Michael Kirton, Edmund H. Durfee, ...
Military Coalitions are examples of large-scale multi-faceted virtual organizations, which sometimes need to be rapidly created and flexibly changed as circumstances alter. The Coalition Agents...
Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, Niranjan Suri, Martha Kahn, Phil Sage, Doyle Weishar, Renia Jeffers
The CoABS Grid arguably provides the most successful and widely used infrastructure for the large-scale integration of heterogeneous agent frameworks with object-based applications, and legacy...
Terraforming cyberspace (2001)
Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, Niranjan Suri, Maggie Breedy, Alberto Cañas, Robert Davis, Kenneth Ford, ...
During the 1940s, under the pseudonym of Will Stewart, Jack Williamson published a series of fictional stories describing a process for attaching atmospheres to planets in order to make them capable...
Niranjan Suri, Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, Maggie R. Breedy, Kenneth M. Ford, Paul T. Groth, Gregory A. Hill, ...
Current versions of Java fail to address many of the unique challenges posed by the new generation of distributed applications and mobile agent systems. Aroma is a Java-compatible Virtual Machine...
Strong Mobility and Fine-Grained Resource Control in NOMADS (2000)
Niranjan Suri, Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, Maggie R. Breedy, Paul T. Groth, Gregory A. Hill, Renia Jeffers
Abstract. NOMADS is a Java-based agent system that supports strong mobility (i.e., the ability to capture and transfer the full execution state of migrating agents) and safe agent execution (i.e.,...
Human-Centered Design for the Personal Satellite Assistant (2000)
Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, Maarten Sierhuis, Yuri Gawdiak, Hans Thomas, Mark Greaves, William J. Clancey
The Personal Satellite Assistant (PSA) is a softball-sized flying robot designed to operate autonomously onboard manned spacecraft in pressurized micro-gravity environments. We describe how the...
NOMADS: Toward an Environment for Strong and Safe Agent Mobility (2000)
Niranjan Suri, Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, Maggie R. Breedy, Allan R.Ditzel, Gregory A. Hill, Brian R. Pouliot, ...
NOMADS is a mobile agent system that aims to support strong mobility (i.e., the ability to capture and transfer the full execution state of mobile agents) and safe Java agent execution (i.e., the...
Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, Mark Greaves, Heather Holmback, Tom Karygiannis, Wayne Jansen, Barry G. Silverman, ...
This article discusses our current research directions and preliminary results in each of these areas. Theory and tools for agent communication
Prepared James Odell, Conrad Bock, Contributors Van Parunak, Bernhard Bauer, Endorsers Geoff Arnold, Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, ...
Naval Automation and Information Management Technology (1998)
Pratt, Jerry, Bradshaw, Jeffrey M., Allen, James, Galescu, Lucian, Suri, Niranjan
In future military scenarios, large numbers of unmanned ground, air, underwater, and surface vehicles will work together, coordinated by an ever smaller number of human operators. In order to be...
Tate, Austin, Dalton, Jeff, Bradshaw, Jeffrey M., Uszok, Andrzej
The Coalition Search and Rescue Task Support (CoSAR-TS) has been a DARPA DAML Program project to provide advanced capabilities linking models of organizational structures, policies, and doctrines...
Cdt: A tool for agent conversation design (1998)
Mark T. Greaves, Heather K. Holmback, Jeffrey M. Bradshaw
The design, implementation, and verification of agent conversations (i.e., multiagent sequences of language primitives which are intended to together achieve some goal) can be difficult and exacting,...
Designing Conversation Policies Using Joint Intention Theory (1998)
Ira A. Smith, Philip R. Cohen, Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, Mark Greaves, Heather Holmback
In this paper we apply the semantics sketched by Smith and Cohen [11] to the system of conversational policies developed for KAoS [1]. We show that the compositional nature of the speech-acts and...
"Agent A, Can You Pass the Salt?" - The Role of Pragmatics in Agent Communication (1998)
Heather Holmback, Mark Greaves, Jeffrey M. Bradshaw
Developers of current agent communication languages (ACLs) have exploited the parallels between agent communication and human communication in developing the syntax and semantics of their languages....
Software agents / edited by Jeffrey M. Bradshaw (1997)
Incluye bibliografía e índice
An Introduction to Software Agents (1997)
ion and delegation: Agents can be made extensible and composable in ways that common iconic interface objects cannot. Because we can "communicate" with them, they can share our goals,...
Mediating representations and constructivist knowledge acquisition /--by Jeffrey M. Bradshaw. (1996)
Vita.
KAoS: A Generic Agent Architecture for Aerospace Applications (1995)
Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, Stewart Dutfield, Bob Carpenter, Renia Jeffers, Tom Robinson
this paper.
Paul J. Feltovich, Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, William J. Clancey, Matthew Johnson, Larry Bunch
Abstract. Joint activity, as we define it, is a mutually interdependent endeavor that requires a degree of predictability among participating parties so that they can coordinate. Coordination, in...