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The concept of delegation is central to an understanding of the interactions between agents in cooperative agent problem-solving contexts. In fact, the concept of delegation offers a means for studying the formal connections between mixed-initiative problem-solving, adjustable autonomy and cooperative agent goal achievement. In this paper, we present an exploratory study of the delegation concept grounded in the context of a relatively complex multi-platform Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) catastrophe assistance scenario, where UAVs must cooperatively scan a geographic region for injured persons. We first present the scenario as a case study, showing how it is instantiated with actual UAV platforms and what a real mission implies in terms of pragmatics. We then take a step back and present a formal theory of delegation based on the use of 2APL and KARO. We then return to the scenario and use the new theory of delegation to formally specify many of the communicative interactions related to delegation used in achieving the goal of cooperative UAV scanning. The development of theory and its empirical evaluation is integrated from the start in order to ensure that the gap between this evolving theory of delegation and its actual use remains closely synchronized as the research progresses. The results presented here may be considered a first iteration of the theory and ideas.
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Doherty, P., Meyer, JJ.C. (2007). Towards a Delegation Framework for Aerial Robotic Mission Scenarios. In: Klusch, M., Hindriks, K.V., Papazoglou, M.P., Sterling, L. (eds) Cooperative Information Agents XI. CIA 2007. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 4676. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-75119-9_2
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