title: Research on multirobot pursuit task allocation algorithm based on emotional cooperation factor.
abstract: Multirobot task allocation is a hot issue in the field of robot research. A new emotional model is used with the self-interested robot, which gives a new way to measure self-interested robots' individual cooperative willingness in the problem of multirobot task allocation. Emotional cooperation factor is introduced into self-interested robot; it is updated based on emotional attenuation and external stimuli. Then a multirobot pursuit task allocation algorithm is proposed, which is based on emotional cooperation factor. Combined with the two-step auction algorithm recruiting team leaders and team collaborators, set up pursuit teams, and finally use certain strategies to complete the pursuit task. In order to verify the effectiveness of this algorithm, some comparing experiments have been done with the instantaneous greedy optimal auction algorithm; the results of experiments show that the total pursuit time and total team revenue can be optimized by using this algorithm.
authors.affiliation: School of Computer and Information, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China.
authors.forename: Baofu
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.affiliation: School of Computer and Information, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China.
authors.forename: Lu
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: School of Computer and Information, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China.
authors.forename: Hao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: School of Computer and Information, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China.
authors.forename: Shuanglu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dai
authors.affiliation: College of Electronic and Information Engineering, Ningbo University of Technology, Ningbo 315016, China.
authors.forename: Qiubo
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhong
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D012371:Robotics