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In-the-loop or on-the-loop? Interactional arrangements to support team coordination with a planning agent

Fischer, Joel E.; Greenhalgh, Chris; Jiang, Wenchao; Ramchurn, Sarvapali D.; Wu, Feng; Rodden, Tom

Authors

JOEL FISCHER Joel.Fischer@nottingham.ac.uk
Professor of Human-Computer Interaction

Wenchao Jiang

Sarvapali D. Ramchurn

Feng Wu

TOM RODDEN TOM.RODDEN@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Research & Knowledge Exchange



Abstract

In this paper we present the study of interactional arrangements that support the collaboration of headquarters (HQ), field responders and a computational planning agent in a time-critical task setting created by a mixed-reality game. Interactional arrangements define the extent to which control is distributed between the collaborative parties.We provide two field trials, one to study an “on-the-loop” arrangement in which HQ monitors and intervenes in agent instructions to field players on demand, and the other to study a version that places headquarters more tightly “in-the-loop”. The studies provide and understanding of the sociotechnical collaboration between players and the agent in these interactional arrangements, by conducting interaction analysis of video recordings and game log data. The first field trial focuses on the collaboration of field responders with the planning agent. Findings highlight how players negotiate the agent guidance within the social interaction of the collocated teams. The second field trial focuses on the collaboration between the automated planning agent and the headquarters. We find that the human coordinator and the agent can successfully work together in most cases, with human coordinators inspecting and ‘correcting’ the agent-proposed plans. Through this field trial-driven development process, we generalise interaction design implications of automated planning agents around the themes of supporting common ground and mixed-initiative planning.

Citation

Fischer, J. E., Greenhalgh, C., Jiang, W., Ramchurn, S. D., Wu, F., & Rodden, T. (2017). In-the-loop or on-the-loop? Interactional arrangements to support team coordination with a planning agent. Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience, Article e4082. https://doi.org/10.1002/cpe.4082

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Dec 12, 2016
Online Publication Date Mar 6, 2017
Publication Date 2017
Deposit Date Jan 16, 2017
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience
Print ISSN 1532-0626
Electronic ISSN 1532-0634
Publisher Wiley
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Article Number e4082
DOI https://doi.org/10.1002/cpe.4082
Keywords CSCW; field trial; team coordination; human-agent interaction; mixed-reality games;
coalition formation; instructions; computational planning
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/849048
Publisher URL http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cpe.4082/abstract

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