Toward a systems- and control-oriented agent framework

This paper develops a systems- and control-oriented intelligent agent framework called the hybrid intelligent control agent (HICA), as well as its composition into specific kinds of mul-agent systems. HICA is essentially developed around a hybrid control system core so that knowledge-based planning and coor-nation can be integrated with verified hybrid control primitives achieve the coordinated control of multiple multimode dynamal systems. The scheme is applied to the control of teams of unmanned air and ground vehicles engaged in a pursuit-evasion war game. Results are demonstrated in simulation.