Multi agent Planning via Mutually Constraining the Space of Behaviour Position Paper

Work is described which seeks to support multi agent mixed initiative interaction between a task assignment or command agent and a planning agent Each agent maintains an agenda of outstanding tasks it is engaged in and uses a common representation of tasks plans processes and activities based on the notion that these are all constraints on behaviour Interac tion between the agents uses explicit task and op tion management information This framework can form a basis for mixed initiative user system agents working together to mutually constrain task descriptions and plans and to coordinate the task oriented generation re nement and enact ment of those plans