Designing for human–agent collectives: display considerations

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Richards, D. ORCID: 0000-0002-7176-0440 and Stedmon, A., 2017. Designing for human–agent collectives: display considerations. Cognition, Technology and Work, 19 (2-3), pp. 251-261. ISSN 1435-5558

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10111-017-0419-1

Abstract

The adoption of unmanned systems is growing at a steady rate, with the promise of improved task effectiveness and decreased costs associated with an increasing multitude of operations. The added flexibility that could potentially enable a single operator to control multiple unmanned platforms is thus viewed as a potential game-changer in terms of both cost and effectiveness. The use of advanced technologies that facilitate the control of multiple systems must lie within control frameworks that allow the delegation of authority between the human and the machine(s). Agent-based systems have been used across different domains in order to offer support to human operators, either as a form of decision support offered to the human or to directly carry out behaviours that lead to the achievement of a defined goal. This paper discusses the need for adopting a human–agent interaction paradigm in order to facilitate an effective human–agent partnership. An example of this is discussed, in which a single human operator may supervise and control multiple unmanned platforms within an emergency response scenario.

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Journal article

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Cognition, Technology and Work

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Richards, D. and Stedmon, A.

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Springer

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September 2017

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