MCD method for resource distribution in a large-scale disaster

Disaster rescue is one of the most serious social issues which involve very large numbers of heterogeneous rescue teams. In this paper, we introduce a co-ordination strategy for strengthening civil agents’ lives in the RoboCup-Rescue simulator scenario based on Multiple-Criteria Decision Techniques. The coordination strategy allows distributing the ambulance teams (resources) to the victims that need the most urgent rescue (rescue tasks). Together with the coordination strategy a communication strategy has been deployed in order to assure that the decision making process has the appropriate information upon which to perform the resource distribution. The method described has been implemented in the Girona Eagles team.