Multiagent Planning: Problem Properties that Matter

Distributed Plan and Schedule Management

Volume

Papers from the 2006 AAAI Spring Symposium

Contents

Many different problems are called distributed or multiagent planning problems. Existing approaches each deal with only a subset of these problems. Which properties are essential in determining a solution method for multiagent planning problems? We argue that mainly the facts that communication is limited, agents have private goals, and the frequency of the dependencies between agents have a significant impact on the solution method.