UvA Rescue C2003 Simulation League The communication reduction approach

1. UvA Rescue C2003 • Simulation League • The communication reduction approach Major Catastrophes Common Knowledge Situation Awareness Simulation • devastate complete cities • disrupt communication infrastructure • disable prepared emergency plans Model of cities where fire is spreading and traffic is blocked Ambulances and units of the fire brigade / police force have to cooperate to rescue as many civilians as possible. Pictures published by the Enschede fire brigade CommunicationGroups • Due to the limited communication channels, we have to cluster the agents in communication groups. • In a communication group priority is given to messages from team members. • Members exchange details about the local situation • Manager summarizes group model to center Centers can optimize the membership of communication groups Translate the information gathered in the field to an overall World model Overall model will not be detailed, but useable for centers • Example: • Two civilians are discovered by two ambulances • Because they work near each other, they belong to a group • Group members share their World Model • Each ambulance can predict each other’s decision • They don’t have to coordinate their actions explicitly ? ! UvA Team • Stef Post • studentcomputer science • sbmpost@science.uva.nl • Arnoud Visser • supervisor • arnoud@science.uva.nl • Maurits Fassaer • studentartificial intelligence • mfassaer@science.uva.nl http: //www.science.uva.nl/~arnoud/research/roboresc/ This research is part of the research interest of the DECIS laboratory UvA contact: Arnoud Visser