Title: Joint intention-based collaboration

Authors: Jianhua Zhang; Zhongzhi Shi; Jinpeng Yue; Baoyuan Qi

Addresses: Key Laboratory of Intelligent Information Processing, Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China ' Key Laboratory of Intelligent Information Processing, Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China ' Key Laboratory of Intelligent Information Processing, Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China ' Key Laboratory of Intelligent Information Processing, Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

Abstract: Collaboration plays an important role in multi-agent environments. In this paper, a collaboration model based on joint intention will be proposed. Joint intentions are held by multi-agents to keep a team as a whole and inform shared goal with each other. In terms of BDI theory, we construct the short-term memory (STM) which is an important component in consciousness and memory model (CAM) and provides a powerful condition for collaboration of multi-agents. Dynamic description logic (DDL) is used to describe agents' belief, desires and intentions in this paper.

Keywords: joint intention; collaboration; multi-agent systems; MAS; agent-based systems; collaborative intelligence; belief desire intention; BDI; short-term memory; STM; consciousness and memory model; dynamic description logic; DDL.

DOI: 10.1504/IJCI.2014.064845

International Journal of Collaborative Intelligence, 2014 Vol.1 No.1, pp.33 - 44

Received: 04 Jun 2013
Accepted: 05 Jun 2013
Published online: 27 Sep 2014 *