1 Artificial Intelligence Applications Institute Centre for Intelligent Systems and their Applications IJCAI-03 MIIS Panel Communication and Awareness Issues Austin Tate AIAI, University of Edinburgh

2 Artificial Intelligence Applications Institute Centre for Intelligent Systems and their Applications Shared Task Model – Mixed initiative model of “mutually constraining the space of products”. Shared Space of Options – for the product. Shared Model of Agent Capabilities - handlers for issues, functional capabilities and constraint managers. Shared Understanding of Authority – management of the authority to handle issues and act which may take into account options. Shared Product Model – using constraints on the space of products. Shared Task and Activity Concepts for Mixed-Initiative Work User Role 1 User Role 3 Other Agents User Role 2

3 Artificial Intelligence Applications Institute Centre for Intelligent Systems and their Applications Ontology Ontology Issues Nodes E.g. activities in a process or parts in a physical artifact Constraints Critical Constraints (shared across multiple components) Auxiliary Constraints (localised to a single component) Annotations E.g. decision rationale and other notes