Orchid Project

Flexible Autonomy

HACs provoke fundamental questions about how we might live with increasingly autonomous digital systems, what our relationships should be and even larger social and ethical issues of responsibility and accountability. The focus of this work area is the exploration of how we might form appropriate symbiotic relationships between the combination of increasingly independent computer systems and the community of users making up the HACs.

Progress against Objectives

  • Consolidation of AtomicORCHID into a full HAC demo to be presented at AAMAS 2015.
  • Engagement and fieldwork with Rescue Global to outline appropriate means of presenting HAC information in disaster response settings. A full paper will appear at CHI 2015.
  • A special issue of the Journal of Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems will be published in 2015.
  • Studies of planning and orientating in AtomicORCHID were presented in both HCI and agent-based conferences e.g. COOP2014 and CTS2014.
  • Continued studies of the use of language in the giving of instruction.
  • Design deployment and analysis of a provenance based game, to be presented at CHI 2015.
  • A lab based study of multi UAV control using fNIRS brain study technology.
  • The design and use of a patterns card design used in the desing of game experiences including agents.

Key Aims for 2015

  • Focusing on the development and demonstrations of the use of augmented projection of information within disaster response settings in partnership with Rescue Global.
  • Using in-situ prototyping and deployment “in the wild” focusing on control room setting within disaster response. This will be complemented by an in-depth study of the use of fNIRS brain scanning techology as a means of capturing human activity in controlling UAVs.
  • Focusing on the ethical challenges that need to be addressed within HAC systems.
  • Consolidating our work on the development of a HAC Pattern Language by exploring how these may be presented to designers through a series of design prototyping exercises.

Work Area Lead

Tom Rodden

Researchers

agents | citizen-science | applications | crowdsourcing | disaster response | smart grid | accountable information architecture |agent-based computing | agile teaming | disaster recovery |flexible autonomy | decentralised control | energy management |HACs | human-agent interaction |human computer interaction | human agent collectives | incentive engineering | machine learning |mechanism design | ORCHID |

Related publications

  • Ramchurn, S. D., Wu, F., Fischer, J. E., Reece, S., Jiang, W., & Roberts, S. J., et al. (2016). Human-agent collaboration for disaster response. Journal of Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, 1-30. Get Bibtex Citation
    @article{
      orchid251,
      title = {Human-agent collaboration for disaster response },
      author = {Sarvapali D Ramchurn and Feng Wu and J.E. Fischer and Steven Reece and W Jiang and Stephen J Roberts and T Rodden and Nicholas R Jennings},
      year = {2016},
      pages = {1--30},
      journal = {Journal of Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems},
    keywords = {Disaster Recovery, Human-Agent Interaction, Accountable Information Infrastructure, Applications, Agile Teaming, Flexible Autonomy, Incentive Engineering} }
  • Verame, J., Costanza, E., & Ramchurn, S. D. (2016). The Effect of Displaying System Confidence Information on the Usage of Autonomous Systems for Non-specialist Applications: A Lab Study. In CHI 2016. Get Bibtex Citation Download as PDF
    @inproceedings{
      orchid255,
      booktitle = {CHI 2016},
      title = {The Effect of Displaying System Confidence Information on the Usage of Autonomous Systems for Non-specialist Applications: A Lab Study },
      author = {Jhim Verame and Enrico Costanza and Sarvapali D Ramchurn},
      year = {2016},
      keywords = {Human-Agent Interaction, Human-Computer Interaction, Trust and Reputation, Agile Teaming, Flexible Autonomy},
    howpublished = {http://www.orchid.ac.uk/eprints/255/1/proceedings.pdf} }
  • Maior, H., Pike, M., Sharples, S., & Wilson, M. (2015). Examining the Reliability of Using fNIRS in Realistic HCI Settings for Spatial and Verbal Tasks. In SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2015. Get Bibtex Citation Download as PDF
    @inproceedings{
      orchid247,
      booktitle = {SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2015},
      title = {Examining the Reliability of Using fNIRS in Realistic HCI Settings for Spatial and Verbal Tasks},
      author = {Horia Maior and Matthew Pike and S. Sharples and Max Wilson},
      year = {2015},
      pages = {3807--3816},
      keywords = {Human-Computer Interaction, Flexible Autonomy},
    howpublished = {http://www.orchid.ac.uk/eprints/247/1/CHI2015.pdf} }
  • Pike, M., Ramchurn, R., & Wilson, M. (2015). # Scanners: Integrating Physiology into Cinematic Experiences. In 2015 ACM SIGCHI Conference on Creativity and Cognition. Get Bibtex Citation Download as PDF
    @inproceedings{
      orchid245,
      booktitle = {2015 ACM SIGCHI Conference on Creativity and Cognition },
      title = {# Scanners: Integrating Physiology into Cinematic Experiences},
      author = {Matthew Pike and Richard Ramchurn and Max Wilson},
      year = {2015},
      pages = {151--152},
      keywords = {Human-Computer Interaction, Flexible Autonomy},
    howpublished = {http://www.orchid.ac.uk/eprints/245/1/p151-pike.pdf} }
  • Pike, M., Ramchurn, R., & Wilson, M. (2015). Two-Way Affect Loops in Multimedia Experiences. In 2015 British HCI Conference. Get Bibtex Citation Download as PDF
    @inproceedings{
      orchid246,
      booktitle = {2015 British HCI Conference},
      title = {Two-Way Affect Loops in Multimedia Experiences},
      author = {Matthew Pike and Richard Ramchurn and Max Wilson},
      year = {2015},
      pages = {117--118},
      keywords = {Human-Computer Interaction, Flexible Autonomy},
    howpublished = {http://www.orchid.ac.uk/eprints/246/1/p117-pike.pdf} }
  • Ramchurn, S. D., Fischer, J. E., Ikuno, Y., Wu, F., Flann, J., & Waldock, A. (2015). A Study of Human-Agent Collaboration for Multi-UAV Task Allocation in Dynamic Environments. In IJCAI 15. Get Bibtex Citation Download as PDF
    @inproceedings{
      orchid242,
      booktitle = {IJCAI 15},
      title = {A Study of Human-Agent Collaboration for Multi-UAV Task Allocation in Dynamic Environments},
      author = {Sarvapali D Ramchurn and J.E. Fischer and Yuki Ikuno and Feng Wu and J Flann and Antony Waldock},
      year = {2015},
      keywords = {Disaster Recovery, Human-Agent Interaction, Applications, Agile Teaming, Flexible Autonomy},
    howpublished = {http://www.orchid.ac.uk/eprints/242/1/ramchurn%5fetal%5fijcai.pdf} }
  • Ramchurn, S. D., Simpson, E., Fischer, J. E., Huynh, D. T., Ikuno, Y., & Reece, S., et al. (2015). HAC-ER: A disaster response system based on human-agent collectives. In AAMAS-15 : 14th Int. Conf. on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems. Get Bibtex Citation
    @inproceedings{
      orchid230,
      booktitle = {AAMAS-15 : 14th Int. Conf. on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems },
      title = {HAC-ER: A disaster response system based on human-agent collectives},
      author = {Sarvapali D Ramchurn and Edwin Simpson and J.E. Fischer and T. Dong Huynh and Yuki Ikuno and Steven Reece and W Jiang and Feng Wu and J Flann and Stephen J Roberts and T Rodden and Nicholas R Jennings},
      year = {2015},
    keywords = {Disaster Recovery, Human-Agent Interaction, Accountable Information Infrastructure, Applications, Agile Teaming, Flexible Autonomy, Incentive Engineering} }
  • Wu, F., Ramchurn, S. D., Jiang, W., Fischer, J. E., Rodden, T., & Jennings, N. R. (2015). Agile Planning for Real-World Disaster Response.. In IJCAI 15. Get Bibtex Citation Download as PDF
    @inproceedings{
      orchid239,
      booktitle = {IJCAI 15},
      title = {Agile Planning for Real-World Disaster Response.},
      author = {Feng Wu and Sarvapali D Ramchurn and W Jiang and J.E. Fischer and T Rodden and Nicholas R Jennings},
      year = {2015},
      keywords = {Agent-based Computing, Disaster Recovery, Mechanism Design, Applications, Agile Teaming, Flexible Autonomy, Incentive Engineering},
    howpublished = {http://www.orchid.ac.uk/eprints/239/1/main.pdf} }
  • Fischer, J. E., Jiang, W., Kerne, A., Greenhalgh, C., Ramchurn, S. D., & Reece, S., et al. (2014). Supporting Team Coordination on the Ground: Requirements from a Mixed Reality Game.. In 11th Int. Conference on the Design of Cooperative Systems (COOP ?14). Get Bibtex Citation Download as PDF
    @inproceedings{
      orchid192,
      booktitle = {11th Int. Conference on the Design of Cooperative Systems (COOP ?14)},
      title = {Supporting Team Coordination on the Ground: Requirements from a Mixed Reality Game. },
      author = {J.E. Fischer and W Jiang and A Kerne and C Greenhalgh and Sarvapali D Ramchurn and Steven Reece and N Pantidi and T Rodden},
      year = {2014},
      keywords = {Disaster Recovery, Human-Agent Interaction, Applications, Flexible Autonomy},
    howpublished = {http://www.orchid.ac.uk/eprints/192/1/COOP2014-Fischer-author-version.pdf} }
  • Jennings, N. R., Moreau, L., Nicholson, D., Ramchurn, S. D., Roberts, S. J., Rodden, T., & Rogers, A. (2014). On human-agent collectives. Communications of the ACM. Get Bibtex Citation Download as PDF
    @article{
      orchid198,
      title = {On human-agent collectives},
      author = {Nicholas R Jennings and Luc Moreau and David Nicholson and Sarvapali D Ramchurn and Stephen J Roberts and T Rodden and Alex Rogers},
      year = {2014},
      journal = {Communications of the ACM },
      keywords = {Agent-based Computing, Crowd-sourcing, Disaster Recovery, Energy Management, Human Computation, Provenance, Ubiquitous Computing, Accountable Information Infrastructure, Applications, Agile Teaming, Flexible Autonomy, Incentive Engineering},
    howpublished = {http://www.orchid.ac.uk/eprints/198/1/CACM%2520HAC%2520ARTICLE%2520%2520final.pdf} }
  • Maior, H. A., Pike, M., Wilson, M., & Sharples, S. (2014). Continuous detection of workload overload: An fNIRS approach.. In EHF'14 Ergonomics and Human Factors 2014. Get Bibtex Citation
    @inproceedings{
      orchid186,
      booktitle = {EHF'14 Ergonomics and Human Factors 2014 },
      title = {Continuous detection of workload overload: An fNIRS approach. },
      author = {H.A. Maior and Matthew Pike and Max Wilson and S. Sharples},
      year = {2014},
    keywords = {Human-Computer Interaction, Flexible Autonomy} }
  • Maior, H. A., Pike, M., Wilson, M., & Sharples, S. (2014). Evaluating Mental Workload with fNIRS. The Ergonomist. Get Bibtex Citation
    @article{
      orchid190,
      title = {Evaluating Mental Workload with fNIRS},
      author = {H.A. Maior and Matthew Pike and Max Wilson and S. Sharples},
      year = {2014},
      journal = {The Ergonomist},
    keywords = {Human-Computer Interaction, Flexible Autonomy} }
  • Moran, S., Bachour, K., & Nishida, T. (2014). User Perceptions of Anthropomorphic Robots as Monitoring Devices. AI & Society: Knowledge, Culture and Communication. Get Bibtex Citation
    @article{
      orchid160,
      title = {User Perceptions of Anthropomorphic Robots as Monitoring Devices},
      author = {Stuart Moran and Khaled Bachour and T. Nishida},
      publisher = {Springer, London},
      year = {2014},
      journal = {AI & Society: Knowledge, Culture and Communication},
    keywords = {Human-Agent Interaction, Flexible Autonomy} }
  • Moran, S., Luger, E., & Rodden, T. (2014). An Emerging Tool Kit for Attaining Informed Consent in UbiComp. In 1st International Workshop on ?How do you Solve a Problem like Consent?". Get Bibtex Citation
    @inproceedings{
      orchid200,
      booktitle = {1st International Workshop on ?How do you Solve a Problem like Consent?"},
      title = {An Emerging Tool Kit for Attaining Informed Consent in UbiComp},
      author = {Stuart Moran and E. Luger and T Rodden},
      year = {2014},
    keywords = {Human-Computer Interaction, Flexible Autonomy} }
  • Moran, S., Luger, E., & Rodden, T. (2014). Exploring Patterns as a Framework for Embedding Consent Mechanisms in Human-Agent Collectives. In 8th International Workshop on Human Aspects of Ambient Intelligence. Get Bibtex Citation Download as PDF
    @inproceedings{
      orchid193,
      booktitle = {8th International Workshop on Human Aspects of Ambient Intelligence },
      title = {Exploring Patterns as a Framework for Embedding Consent Mechanisms in Human-Agent Collectives},
      author = {Stuart Moran and E. Luger and T Rodden},
      year = {2014},
      keywords = {Human-Computer Interaction, Flexible Autonomy},
    howpublished = {http://www.orchid.ac.uk/eprints/193/1/HAI%2014%20Submission%20Camera%20Ready.pdf} }
  • Moran, S., Luger, E., & Rodden, T. (2014). Literatin: Beyond Awareness of Readability in Terms and Conditions. In 1st International Workshop on ?How do you Solve a Problem like Consent?". Get Bibtex Citation
    @inproceedings{
      orchid201,
      booktitle = {1st International Workshop on ?How do you Solve a Problem like Consent?"},
      title = {Literatin: Beyond Awareness of Readability in Terms and Conditions},
      author = {Stuart Moran and E. Luger and T Rodden},
      year = {2014},
    keywords = {Human-Computer Interaction, Flexible Autonomy} }
  • Moran, S., Pantidi, N., Rodden, T., Chamberlain, A., Griffiths, C., & Zilli, D., et al. (2014). Listening to the Forest and its Curators: Lessons Learnt from a Bioacoustic Smartphone Application Deployment.. In SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Get Bibtex Citation
    @inproceedings{
      orchid169,
      booktitle = {SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems },
      title = {Listening to the Forest and its Curators: Lessons Learnt from a Bioacoustic Smartphone Application Deployment. },
      author = {Stuart Moran and N Pantidi and T Rodden and A. Chamberlain and C Griffiths and Davide Zilli and Geoff V. Merrett and Alex Rogers},
      year = {2014},
    keywords = {Human-Computer Interaction, Flexible Autonomy} }
  • Pike, M., Maior, H. A., Porcheron, M., Sharples, S., & Wilson, M. (2014). Measuring the effect of Think Aloud Protocols on Workload using fNIRS. In ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computer Systems (CHI 2014). Get Bibtex Citation
    @inproceedings{
      orchid185,
      booktitle = {ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computer Systems (CHI 2014)},
      title = {Measuring the effect of Think Aloud Protocols on Workload using fNIRS},
      author = {Matthew Pike and H.A. Maior and M. Porcheron and S. Sharples and Max Wilson},
      year = {2014},
    keywords = {Human-Computer Interaction, Flexible Autonomy} }
  • Vallverdu, J., Casacuberta, D., Nishida, T., Ohmoto, Y., Moran, S., & Lazare, S. (2014). From Computational Emotional Models to HRI. International Journal of Robotics Applications and Technologies. Get Bibtex Citation
    @article{
      orchid166,
      title = {From Computational Emotional Models to HRI},
      author = {J Vallverdu and D Casacuberta and T. Nishida and Y Ohmoto and Stuart Moran and S. Lazare},
      year = {2014},
      journal = {International Journal of Robotics Applications and Technologies},
    keywords = {Human Computation, Human-Robot Interaction, Flexible Autonomy} }
  • Wetzel, R. (2014). Introducing Pattern Cards for Mixed Reality Game Design. In Third Workshop on Design Patterns in Games. Foundations in Digital Games Conference 2014. Get Bibtex Citation Download as PDF
    @inproceedings{
      orchid208,
      booktitle = {Third Workshop on Design Patterns in Games. Foundations in Digital Games Conference 2014},
      title = {Introducing Pattern Cards for Mixed Reality Game Design},
      author = {Richard Wetzel},
      year = {2014},
      keywords = {Human-Computer Interaction, Applications, Flexible Autonomy},
    howpublished = {http://www.orchid.ac.uk/eprints/208/1/dpg2014%5fpaper%5f03%281%29.pdf} }
  • Ye, C., & Wilson, M. (2014). The characteristics of casual sessions in search behaviour logs. In Search4Fun workshop in conference IIiX2014. Get Bibtex Citation
    @inproceedings{
      orchid211,
      booktitle = {Search4Fun workshop in conference IIiX2014 },
      title = {The characteristics of casual sessions in search behaviour logs },
      author = {Chaoyu Ye and Max Wilson},
      year = {2014},
    keywords = {Human-Computer Interaction, Flexible Autonomy} }
  • Ye, C., & Wilson, M. (2014). A user defined taxonomy of factors that divide online information retrieval sessions. In IIiX '14 the 5th Information Interaction in Context Symposium. Get Bibtex Citation Download as PDF
    @inproceedings{
      orchid210,
      booktitle = {IIiX '14 the 5th Information Interaction in Context Symposium },
      title = {A user defined taxonomy of factors that divide online information retrieval sessions},
      author = {Chaoyu Ye and Max Wilson},
      year = {2014},
      keywords = {Human-Computer Interaction, Flexible Autonomy},
    howpublished = {http://www.orchid.ac.uk/eprints/210/1/p48-ye.pdf} }
  • Dybalova, D., Testerink, B., Dastani, M., & Logan, B. (2013). A Framework for Programming Norm-Aware Multi-Agent Systems. In International workshop on Coordination, Organizations, Institutions, and Norm in Multi-Agent Systems. Get Bibtex Citation Download as PDF
    @inproceedings{
      orchid127,
      booktitle = {International workshop on Coordination, Organizations, Institutions, and Norm in Multi-Agent Systems},
      title = {A Framework for Programming Norm-Aware Multi-Agent Systems},
      author = {Daniela Dybalova and Bas Testerink and Mehdi Dastani and B. Logan},
      year = {2013},
      keywords = {Agent-based Computing, Flexible Autonomy},
    howpublished = {http://www.orchid.ac.uk/eprints/127/1/coin2013.pdf} }
  • Fischer, J. E., Ramchurn, S. D., Osborne, M. A., Parson, O., Huynh, D. T., & Alam, M., et al. (2013). Recommending energy tariffs and load shifting based on smart household usage profiling. In International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces. Get Bibtex Citation Download as PDF
    @inproceedings{
      orchid98,
      booktitle = {International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces },
      title = {Recommending energy tariffs and load shifting based on smart household usage profiling},
      author = {J.E. Fischer and Sarvapali D Ramchurn and Michael A Osborne and Oliver Parson and T. Dong Huynh and Moody Alam and N Pantidi and Stuart Moran and Khaled Bachour and Steven Reece and Enrico Costanza and T Rodden and Nicholas R Jennings},
      year = {2013},
      pages = {383--394},
      keywords = {Energy Management, Accountable Information Infrastructure, Applications, Agile Teaming, Flexible Autonomy},
    howpublished = {http://www.orchid.ac.uk/eprints/98/1/IUI2013-agentswitch-camera-ready.pdf} }
  • Fischer, J. E., Reeves, S., Moran, S., Egglestone, R. S., Greenhalgh, C., & Benford, S. (2013). Understanding Mobile Notification Management in Collocated Groups. In European Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Work (ECSCW). Get Bibtex Citation Download as PDF
    @inproceedings{
      orchid151,
      booktitle = {European Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Work (ECSCW).},
      title = {Understanding Mobile Notification Management in Collocated Groups},
      author = {J.E. Fischer and S Reeves and Stuart Moran and S Rennick Egglestone and C Greenhalgh and S. Benford},
      year = {2013},
      pages = {21--40},
      keywords = {Human-Agent Interaction, Flexible Autonomy},
    howpublished = {http://www.orchid.ac.uk/eprints/151/1/ECSCW2013-group-notifications.pdf} }
  • Luger, E., Moran, S., & Rodden, T. (2013). Consent for All: Revealing the Hidden Complexity of Terms and Conditions.. In SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Get Bibtex Citation
    @inproceedings{
      orchid108,
      booktitle = {SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems},
      title = {Consent for All: Revealing the Hidden Complexity of Terms and Conditions.},
      author = {E. Luger and Stuart Moran and T Rodden},
      year = {2013},
      pages = {2687--2696},
    keywords = {Human Computation, Flexible Autonomy} }
  • Maior, H. A., Pike, M., Wilson, M., & Sharples, S. (2013). Directly Evaluating the Cognitive Impact of Search User Interfaces: a Two-Pronged Approach with fNIRS.. In EuroHCIR2013: 3rd European Workshop on Human-Computer Interaction and Information Retrieval. Get Bibtex Citation
    @inproceedings{
      orchid188,
      booktitle = {EuroHCIR2013: 3rd European Workshop on Human-Computer Interaction and Information Retrieval},
      title = {Directly Evaluating the Cognitive Impact of Search User Interfaces: a Two-Pronged Approach with fNIRS.},
      author = {H.A. Maior and Matthew Pike and Max Wilson and S. Sharples},
      year = {2013},
    keywords = {Human-Computer Interaction, Flexible Autonomy} }
  • Moran, S., & Fischer, J. E. (2013). Designing Notifications for Ubiquitous Monitoring Systems.. In 10th IEEE Workshop on Managing Ubiquitous Communications and Services (MUCS). Get Bibtex Citation Download as PDF
    @inproceedings{
      orchid152,
      booktitle = {10th IEEE Workshop on Managing Ubiquitous Communications and Services (MUCS) },
      title = {Designing Notifications for Ubiquitous Monitoring Systems.},
      author = {Stuart Moran and J.E. Fischer},
      year = {2013},
      pages = {115--120},
      keywords = {Ubiquitous Computing, Flexible Autonomy},
    howpublished = {http://www.orchid.ac.uk/eprints/152/1/06529467.pdf} }
  • Moran, S., Jaeger, N., Schnadelbach, H., & Glover, K. (2013). Using Adaptive Architecture to Probe Attitudes Towards Ubiquitous Monitoring. In IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society. Get Bibtex Citation Download as PDF
    @inproceedings{
      orchid153,
      booktitle = {IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society },
      title = {Using Adaptive Architecture to Probe Attitudes Towards Ubiquitous Monitoring},
      author = {Stuart Moran and N Jaeger and H Schnadelbach and K Glover},
      year = {2013},
      pages = {42--50},
      keywords = {Ubiquitous Computing, Flexible Autonomy},
    howpublished = {http://www.orchid.ac.uk/eprints/153/1/ISTAS%5fSubmission%5fCamera%5fReady%5fv4.pdf} }
  • Moran, S., Nishida, T., & Nakata, K. (2013). Salient Perceptions of a Wearable Ubiquitous Monitoring Device: A Case Study at a Japanese University. IEEE Technology and Society Magazine, 56-64. Get Bibtex Citation Download as PDF
    @article{
      orchid154,
      title = {Salient Perceptions of a Wearable Ubiquitous Monitoring Device: A Case Study at a Japanese University},
      author = {Stuart Moran and T. Nishida and K. Nakata},
      publisher = {IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology },
      year = {2013},
      pages = {56--64},
      journal = {IEEE Technology and Society Magazine},
      keywords = {Ubiquitous Computing, Flexible Autonomy},
    howpublished = {http://www.orchid.ac.uk/eprints/154/1/06397978.pdf} }
  • Moran, S., Pantidi, N., Bachour, K., Fischer, J. E., Flintham, M., & Rodden, T. (2013). Team Reactions to Voiced Agent Instructions in a Pervasive Game. In International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces. Get Bibtex Citation Download as PDF
    @inproceedings{
      orchid155,
      booktitle = {International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces },
      title = {Team Reactions to Voiced Agent Instructions in a Pervasive Game},
      author = {Stuart Moran and N Pantidi and Khaled Bachour and J.E. Fischer and M Flintham and T Rodden},
      year = {2013},
      pages = {371--382},
      keywords = {Human-Agent Interaction, Flexible Autonomy},
    howpublished = {http://www.orchid.ac.uk/eprints/155/1/p371-moran.pdf} }
  • Nakata, K., & Moran, S. (2013). A Semiotic Analysis of a Model for Understanding User Behaviours in Ubiquitously Monitored Environments. In Information Systems and Modern Society: Social Change and Global Development IGI-Global. Get Bibtex Citation
    @incollection{
      orchid113,
      booktitle = {Information Systems and Modern Society: Social Change and Global Development},
      title = {A Semiotic Analysis of a Model for Understanding User Behaviours in Ubiquitously Monitored Environments. },
      author = {K. Nakata and Stuart Moran},
      publisher = {IGI-Global},
      year = {2013},
    keywords = {Human-Computer Interaction, Ubiquitous Computing, Flexible Autonomy} }
  • Rodden, T., Fischer, J. E., Pantidi, N., Bachour, K., & Moran, S. (2013). At Home with Agents: Exploring Attitudes Towards Future Smart Energy Infrastructures. In SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Get Bibtex Citation
    @inproceedings{
      orchid106,
      booktitle = {SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems},
      title = {At Home with Agents: Exploring Attitudes Towards Future Smart Energy Infrastructures},
      author = {T Rodden and J.E. Fischer and N Pantidi and Khaled Bachour and Stuart Moran},
      year = {2013},
      pages = {1173--1182},
    keywords = {Energy Management, Flexible Autonomy} }
  • Ye, C., Porcheron, M., & Wilson, M. (2013). Studying Extended Session Histories.. In EuroHCIR2013: 3rd European Workshop on Human-Computer Interaction and Information Retrieval. Get Bibtex Citation
    @inproceedings{
      orchid189,
      booktitle = {EuroHCIR2013: 3rd European Workshop on Human-Computer Interaction and Information Retrieval},
      title = {Studying Extended Session Histories.},
      author = {Chaoyu Ye and M. Porcheron and Max Wilson},
      year = {2013},
    keywords = {Human-Computer Interaction, Flexible Autonomy} }
  • de Weerdt, M., Gerding, E. H., Stein, S., Robu, V., & Jennings, N. R. (2013). Intention-aware routing to minimise delays at electric vehicle charging stations.. In 23rd Int. Joint Conf. on AI (IJCAI). Get Bibtex Citation Download as PDF
    @inproceedings{
      orchid137,
      booktitle = {23rd Int. Joint Conf. on AI (IJCAI)},
      title = {Intention-aware routing to minimise delays at electric vehicle charging stations.},
      author = {M de Weerdt and Enrico H Gerding and Sebastian Stein and Valentin Robu and Nicholas R Jennings},
      year = {2013},
      pages = {83--89},
      keywords = {Mechanism Design, Flexible Autonomy},
    howpublished = {http://www.orchid.ac.uk/eprints/137/1/deweerdt.pdf} }
  • McInerney, J., Rogers, A., & Jennings, N. R. (2012). Improving location prediction services for new users with probabilistic latent semantic analysis. In 4th International Workshop on Location-Based Social Networks. Get Bibtex Citation Download as PDF
    @inproceedings{
      orchid82,
      booktitle = {4th International Workshop on Location-Based Social Networks},
      month = {September},
      title = {Improving location prediction services for new users with probabilistic latent semantic analysis},
      author = {James McInerney and Alex Rogers and Nicholas R Jennings},
      year = {2012},
      keywords = {Human-Agent Interaction, Machine Learning, Ubiquitous Computing, Applications, Flexible Autonomy},
    howpublished = {http://www.orchid.ac.uk/eprints/82/1/paper%5flbsn.pdf} }
  • Vinyals, M., Bistaffa, A., Farinelli, A., & Rogers, A. (2012). Coalitional Energy Purchasing in the Smart Grid.. In IEEE International Energy Conference & Exhibition (ENERGYCON 2012). Get Bibtex Citation Download as PDF
    @inproceedings{
      orchid72,
      booktitle = {IEEE International Energy Conference & Exhibition (ENERGYCON 2012)},
      month = {September},
      title = {Coalitional Energy Purchasing in the Smart Grid. },
      author = {Meritxell Vinyals and A Bistaffa and Alessandro Farinelli and Alex Rogers},
      year = {2012},
      keywords = {Energy Management, Flexible Autonomy},
    howpublished = {http://www.orchid.ac.uk/eprints/72/1/energycon2012.pdf} }
  • Vinyals, M., Bistaffa, A., Farinelli, A., & Rogers, A. (2012). Decentralised stable coalition formation among energy consumers in the Smart grid (Demonstration). Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and MultiAgent Systems. Get Bibtex Citation Download as PDF
    @article{
      orchid74,
      month = {June},
      title = {Decentralised stable coalition formation among energy consumers in the Smart grid (Demonstration)},
      author = {Meritxell Vinyals and A Bistaffa and Alessandro Farinelli and Alex Rogers},
      year = {2012},
      journal = {Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and MultiAgent Systems},
      keywords = {Energy Management, Flexible Autonomy},
    howpublished = {http://www.orchid.ac.uk/eprints/74/1/aamas2012%5fdemo%5fscf.pdf} }
  • Vinyals, M., Bistaffa, A., Farinelli, A., & Rogers, A. (2012). Stable Coalition formation among energy consumers in the Smart Grid. Proceedings of the 3th International Workshop on Agent Technologies for Energy Systems (ATES 2012), 73-80. Get Bibtex Citation Download as PDF
    @article{
      orchid73,
      month = {June},
      title = {Stable Coalition formation among energy consumers in the Smart Grid},
      author = {Meritxell Vinyals and A Bistaffa and Alessandro Farinelli and Alex Rogers},
      year = {2012},
      pages = {73--80},
      journal = {Proceedings of the 3th International Workshop on Agent Technologies for Energy Systems (ATES 2012)},
      keywords = {Energy Management, Flexible Autonomy},
    howpublished = {http://www.orchid.ac.uk/eprints/73/1/ates%5f2012.pdf} }
  • Fischer, J. E., Flintham, M., Price, D., Goulding, J., Pantidi, N., & Rodden, T. (2012). Serious Mixed Reality Games. In ACM Converence on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work. Get Bibtex Citation Download as PDF
    @inproceedings{
      orchid45,
      booktitle = {ACM Converence on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work},
      month = {February},
      title = {Serious Mixed Reality Games},
      author = {J.E. Fischer and M Flintham and D Price and J Goulding and N Pantidi and T Rodden},
      year = {2012},
      keywords = {Human-Agent Interaction, Applications, Flexible Autonomy},
    howpublished = {http://www.orchid.ac.uk/eprints/45/1/CSCW12-SeriousMRG-1%5fmdf%5fkxp%5fjog%5fjef-chAcc%20-%20FischerEtAl%5fSeriousMRG.pdf} }
  • Chamberlain, A., Crabtree, A., Rodden, T., Jones, M., & Rogers, Y. (2012). Research in the wild: understanding ?in the wild? approaches to design and development. In Designing Interactive Systems Conference. Get Bibtex Citation
    @inproceedings{
      orchid110,
      booktitle = {Designing Interactive Systems Conference},
      title = {Research in the wild: understanding ?in the wild? approaches to design and development},
      author = {A. Chamberlain and A. Crabtree and T Rodden and M. Jones and Y. Rogers},
      year = {2012},
    keywords = {Human-Agent Interaction, Flexible Autonomy} }
  • Durrant, A., Kirk, D. S., Benford, S., & Rodden, T. (2012). Pursuing Leisure: Reflections on Theme Park Visiting. Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW), 21(1), 1-37. Get Bibtex Citation
    @article{
      orchid107,
      volume = {21},
      number = {1},
      title = {Pursuing Leisure: Reflections on Theme Park Visiting},
      author = {A. Durrant and D.S. Kirk and S. Benford and T Rodden},
      year = {2012},
      pages = {1--37},
      journal = {Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW)},
    keywords = {Human-Agent Interaction, Applications, Flexible Autonomy} }
  • Fischer, J. E., Jiang, W., & Moran, S. (2012). AtomicOrchid: A Mixed Reality Game to Investigate Coordination in Disaster Response. In Mobile Gaming Workshop (MOGA) 2012. Get Bibtex Citation
    @inproceedings{
      orchid99,
      booktitle = {Mobile Gaming Workshop (MOGA) 2012 },
      title = {AtomicOrchid: A Mixed Reality Game to Investigate Coordination in Disaster Response },
      author = {J.E. Fischer and W Jiang and Stuart Moran},
      year = {2012},
    keywords = {Disaster Recovery, Human-Agent Interaction, Flexible Autonomy} }
  • Moran, S., Nakata, K., & Inoue, S. (2012). Bridging the Analytical Gap Between Actor Network Theory and Distributed Cognition using a Tool for Information Trajectory Analysis.. In European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics (ECCE ?12). Get Bibtex Citation
    @inproceedings{
      orchid109,
      booktitle = {European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics (ECCE ?12)},
      title = {Bridging the Analytical Gap Between Actor Network Theory and Distributed Cognition using a Tool for Information Trajectory Analysis. },
      author = {Stuart Moran and K. Nakata and S. Inoue},
      year = {2012},
    keywords = {Human-Agent Interaction, Flexible Autonomy} }
  • Moran, S., Nishida, T., & Nakata, K. (2012). Japanese Salient Perceptions of Ubiquitous Monitoring. In IEEE Conference on Technology and Society in Asia 2012. Get Bibtex Citation
    @inproceedings{
      orchid111,
      booktitle = {IEEE Conference on Technology and Society in Asia 2012},
      title = {Japanese Salient Perceptions of Ubiquitous Monitoring },
      author = {Stuart Moran and T. Nishida and K. Nakata},
      year = {2012},
    keywords = {Human-Agent Interaction, Flexible Autonomy} }
  • Moran, S., de Vallejo, I. L., Nakata, K., Conroy-Dalton, R., Luck, R., McLennan, P., & Hailes, S. (2012). Studying the Impact of Ubiquitous Monitoring Technology on Office Worker Behaviours: The Value of Sharing Research Data. In Second IEEE International Workshop on Social Implications of Pervasive Computing. Get Bibtex Citation
    @inproceedings{
      orchid112,
      booktitle = {Second IEEE International Workshop on Social Implications of Pervasive Computing },
      title = {Studying the Impact of Ubiquitous Monitoring Technology on Office Worker Behaviours: The Value of Sharing Research Data },
      author = {Stuart Moran and I.L. de Vallejo and K. Nakata and R. Conroy-Dalton and R. Luck and P. McLennan and S. Hailes},
      year = {2012},
    keywords = {Human-Agent Interaction, Ubiquitous Computing, Flexible Autonomy} }
  • Wu, F., Jennings, N. R., & Chen, X. (2012). Sample-based policy iteration for constrained DEC-POMDPs.. In ECAI 2012: 20th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence. Get Bibtex Citation Download as PDF
    @inproceedings{
      orchid66,
      booktitle = {ECAI 2012: 20th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence},
      title = {Sample-based policy iteration for constrained DEC-POMDPs.},
      author = {Feng Wu and Nicholas R Jennings and Xiaoping Chen},
      year = {2012},
      keywords = {Decentralised Control, Flexible Autonomy},
    howpublished = {http://www.orchid.ac.uk/eprints/66/1/ecai2012.pdf} }
  • Zappala, J., Alechina, N., & Logan, B. (2012). Consensus Games. In Third Workshop on Cooperative Games in Multi-agent Systems (CoopMAS-2012. Get Bibtex Citation
    @inproceedings{
      orchid119,
      booktitle = {Third Workshop on Cooperative Games in Multi-agent Systems (CoopMAS-2012},
      title = {Consensus Games},
      author = {J. Zappala and N. Alechina and B. Logan},
      year = {2012},
      pages = {58--72},
    keywords = {Agent-based Computing, Flexible Autonomy} }
  • Zappala, J., Alechina, N., & Logan, B. (2012). Consensus Games (Extended Abstract).. In 11th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-agent Systems (AAMAS 2012). Get Bibtex Citation
    @inproceedings{
      orchid118,
      booktitle = {11th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-agent Systems (AAMAS 2012) },
      title = {Consensus Games (Extended Abstract).},
      author = {J. Zappala and N. Alechina and B. Logan},
      year = {2012},
      pages = {1309--1310},
    keywords = {Agent-based Computing, Flexible Autonomy} }
  • Zappala, J., Alechina, N., & Logan, B. (2012). Programming Norm-Aware Agents. In 11th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-agent Systems (AAMAS 2012). Get Bibtex Citation
    @inproceedings{
      orchid120,
      booktitle = {11th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-agent Systems (AAMAS 2012)},
      title = {Programming Norm-Aware Agents},
      author = {J. Zappala and N. Alechina and B. Logan},
      year = {2012},
      pages = {1057--1064},
    keywords = {Agent-based Computing, Flexible Autonomy} }
  • Stranders, R., Ramchurn, S. D., Shi, B., & Jennings, N. R. (2011). CollabMap: Augmenting Maps using the Wisdom of Crowds. In The 3rd Human Computation Workshop. Get Bibtex Citation Download as PDF
    @inproceedings{
      orchid10,
      booktitle = {The 3rd Human Computation Workshop},
      month = {August},
      title = {CollabMap: Augmenting Maps using the Wisdom of Crowds },
      author = {Ruben Stranders and Sarvapali D Ramchurn and Bing Shi and Nicholas R Jennings},
      year = {2011},
      keywords = {Crowd-sourcing, Accountable Information Infrastructure, Applications, Flexible Autonomy},
    howpublished = {http://www.orchid.ac.uk/eprints/10/1/collabmap.pdf} }
  • Jennings, N. R., Roberts, S. J., Rodden, T., Moreau, L., Rogers, A., Ramchurn, S. D., & Nicholson, D. (2011). ORCHID End of Year Report 2011 (Project Report). Southampton: University of Southampton. Get Bibtex Citation Download as PDF
    @techreport{
      orchid126,
      month = {February},
      author = {Nicholas R Jennings and Stephen J Roberts and T Rodden and Luc Moreau and Alex Rogers and Sarvapali D Ramchurn and David Nicholson},
      address = {Southampton},
      title = {ORCHID End of Year Report 2011},
      type = {Project Report},
      publisher = {University of Southampton},
      institution = {University of Southampton},
      year = {2011},
      keywords = {Accountable Information Infrastructure, Applications, Agile Teaming, Flexible Autonomy, Incentive Engineering},
    howpublished = {http://www.orchid.ac.uk/eprints/126/1/End%20of%20Year%20Report%202011.pdf} }
  • Parson, O., Ghosh, S., Weal, M., & Rogers, A. (2011). Using hidden Markov models for iterative non-intrusive appliance monitoring. Neural Information Processing Systems workshop on Machine Learning for Sustainability. Get Bibtex Citation Download as PDF
    @article{
      orchid43,
      title = {Using hidden Markov models for iterative non-intrusive appliance monitoring.},
      author = {Oliver Parson and Siddhartha Ghosh and M Weal and Alex Rogers},
      publisher = {NIPS},
      year = {2011},
      journal = {Neural Information Processing Systems workshop on Machine Learning for Sustainability},
      keywords = {Energy Management, Machine Learning, Applications, Flexible Autonomy},
    howpublished = {http://www.orchid.ac.uk/eprints/43/1/MLSUST2011.pdf} }

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