SIS Research Area - Intelligent Systems & Decisions Analytics

Research Theme
Intelligent Agents for Decision Support

Central Concerns and Questions

We investigate architectures, protocols and algorithms for decision support and coordination in multi-agent environments, ranging from supply chain collaboration to dynamic distributed resource allocation to planning in partially observable and uncertain environments.

Emerging Ideas and Initiatives

We are designing intelligent agent systems for diverse problem domains, which includes trading agent competitions, autonomous trading in commodity markets, and decentralised command and control in military and emergency response operations. An emerging idea in this research area is the use of social model shaping to coordinate different types of agents in emergency response operations.

Selected Publications

[1] P. Varakantham, J. Y. Kwak, M. Taylor, J. Marecki, P. Scerri and M. Tambe. Exploiting coordination locales in Distributed POMDPs via Social Model 11Shaping . In International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling , ICAPS-2009.

[2] H. C. Lau, L. Agussurja, and R. Thagarajoo. Real-time supply chain control via multi-agent adjustable autonomy . Computers & Operations Research (Special Issue on Real-time Supply Chain Management), 35:3452– 3464, 2008.

[3] S. F. Cheng, J. Tajan and H. C. Lau. Distributing complementary resources across multiple periods with stochastic demand: Hedging via time frame adjustment . In IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology (IAT), Sydney , Australia , December 2008.

[4] D. Srinivasan, W. Dakun, and K. W. Lye. Intelligent learning agents and cooperation in a power market . International Journal of Computational Intelligence: Theory and Practice . 1(2):81-89, 2006.

[5] S.-F. Cheng, E. Leung , K. M. Lochner, K. O'Malley, D. M. Reeves, J. L. Schvartzman, and M. P. Wellman. Walverine: A Walrasian trading agent. Decision Support Systems , 39:169-184, 2005.

Projects, Presentations and Posters

1. Pradeep Varakantham. Social Model Shaping . Presented at ICAPS conference, 2009 (presentation)
2. LAU Hoong Chuin, Sense and Respond Logistics, Presented at TLI-AP Defence Logistics Workshop, 2006 (presentation)

Collaborations and Industry Linkages

1. Singapore Ministry of Defence