Strategic State Estimation in Uncertain and Mixed Multiagent Settings

Research Project, Grant number: W911NF-09-1-0464
Army Research Office (ARO)
Principal Investigator: Prashant Doshi, Computer Science Department, University of Georgia

Collaborative Partners

Co - PI : Adam Goodie, Psychology Department, University of Georgia

Project Summary

Uninhabited agents such as UAVs are assuming increasingly prominent roles in contemporary wartime theaters. As greater numbers of UAVs are deployed, there is a need to reduce its reliance on human operators and transfer greater autonomy in decision making. Because UAVs may coexist with humans and human-controlled agents, computational models of human decision making are needed. Three empirical studies will measure and validate probability assessment in tasks that simulate those in operating theaters, and will provide data for formulating these models. The studies will establish the validity of and help model the probability judgment of humans engaged in an adversarial role expected in UAV operating theaters, and will provide critical data for formulating the behavioral models of significant role players in a UAV's operating theater. Additionally, this extends the research of human-computer interaction to a UAV domain, and it promises robust solutions to the complex problem of accounting for both an operator's cognitive biases and the biases of an adversary.

Project Period : 2009 - 2012
Project Funding : $314,472 (total)

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Prashant Doshi