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Selecting executor in a group of intellectual agents

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This paper suggests a formal lattice-based method to represent the desires and intentions of an intellectual agent and to select an executor in a group of such agents while planning a new task. The method is illustrated using an example of group control for unmanned aerial vehicles.

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Original Russian Text © Yu.S. Legovich, D.Yu. Maksimov, 2015, published in Upravlenie Bol’shimi Sistemami, 2015, No. 56, pp. 78–94.

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Legovich, Y.S., Maksimov, D.Y. Selecting executor in a group of intellectual agents. Autom Remote Control 78, 1341–1349 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0005117917070153

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