title: Toward a systems- and control-oriented agent framework.
abstract: This paper develops a systems- and control-oriented intelligent agent framework called the hybrid intelligent control agent (HICA), as well as its composition into specific kinds of multiagent systems. HICA is essentially developed around a hybrid control system core so that knowledge-based planning and coordination can be integrated with verified hybrid control primitives to achieve the coordinated control of multiple multimode dynamical systems. The scheme is applied to the control of teams of unmanned air and ground vehicles engaged in a pursuit-evasion war game. Results are demonstrated in simulation.
authors.affiliation: Honeywell Laboratories, Minneapolis, MN 55418, USA. kocfrege@ieee.org
authors.forename: Kingsley
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fregene
authors.forename: Diane C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Kennedy
authors.forename: David W L
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D001185:Artificial Intelligence; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D005246:Feedback; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000379:methods*; D010363:Pattern Recognition, Automated / Q000379:methods*; D018511:Systems Integration; D014584:User-Computer Interface