1. ? ! 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
Maurits Fassaer
student artificial intelligence
Arnoud Visser
supervisor
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This research is part of the research interest of the DECIS laboratory UvA contact: Arnoud Visser