? ! UvA Rescue C2003 Simulation League The communication reduction approach Simulation Major Catastrophes 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 Communication Groups 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 Common Knowledge Situation Awareness 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 student computer science sbmpost@science.uva.nl Maurits Fassaer student artificial intelligence mfassaer@science.uva.nl Arnoud Visser supervisor arnoud@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