Author :
Beavers, Gordon ; Hexmoor, Henry
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Comput. Eng., Arkansas Univ., Fayetteville, AR, USA
Abstract :
The paper presents a discussion about necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of a "team". It looks at the nature of the common mental state required of the agents forming the team, in particular, what an intention is, and various measures of how "team-like" a group of agents is
Keywords :
cognitive systems; multi-agent systems; psychology; common mental state; intention; sufficient conditions; team-like measures; teams of agents; Books; Computer science; Humans; Insects; Particle measurements; Permission; Software agents; Sufficient conditions;
Conference_Titel :
Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 2001 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Tucson, AZ
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7087-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICSMC.2001.969875
