TY - GEN
T1 - Agent based approach in disaster rescue simulation - From test-bed of multiagent system to practical application
AU - Takahashi, Tomoichi
AU - Tadokoro, Satoshi
AU - Ohta, Masayuki
AU - Ito, Nobuhiro
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - We apply multi-agent approach to search and rescue in a large-scale domain. The simulator is designed to simulate various domain specific simulation and human behaviors. Kobe-Awaji earthquake data is used as disaster scenarios and a prototype system was made open at RoboCup 2000. A rescue team composed of heterogeneous agents, - fire brigades, ambulances, and polices -, takes active part in the disastrous situation where about 100 civilian agents move autonomously. By comparing with rescue operations of two teams, we showed that the search and rescue in disasters can be used as a test-bed for multi-agent systems. The comparing experiments made clear that rescue task is not well defined in spite of its practical importance, and planning based on multi-perspectives on disaster losses is necessary. It points that the rescue problem is not only a test-bed for multi-agent system but also for laboratory work for practical system.
AB - We apply multi-agent approach to search and rescue in a large-scale domain. The simulator is designed to simulate various domain specific simulation and human behaviors. Kobe-Awaji earthquake data is used as disaster scenarios and a prototype system was made open at RoboCup 2000. A rescue team composed of heterogeneous agents, - fire brigades, ambulances, and polices -, takes active part in the disastrous situation where about 100 civilian agents move autonomously. By comparing with rescue operations of two teams, we showed that the search and rescue in disasters can be used as a test-bed for multi-agent systems. The comparing experiments made clear that rescue task is not well defined in spite of its practical importance, and planning based on multi-perspectives on disaster losses is necessary. It points that the rescue problem is not only a test-bed for multi-agent system but also for laboratory work for practical system.
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U2 - 10.1007/3-540-45603-1_11
DO - 10.1007/3-540-45603-1_11
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84861589529
SN - 3540439129
SN - 9783540439127
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 102
EP - 111
BT - RoboCup 2001
PB - Springer Verlag
T2 - 5th Robot World Cup Soccer Games and Conferences, RoboCup 2001
Y2 - 2 August 2001 through 10 August 2001
ER -