Strategy planner: Graphical definition of soccer set-plays

• Type: Another Publication in an International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2014

Authors

cravo, j (Author) Other; almeida, flf (Author) Other; abreu, ph (Author) Other; reis, lp (Author) FCUP; lau, n (Author) Other; mota, lm (Author) Other

Journal

Title: Data & Knowledge Engineering

Vol. 94

Pages: 110-131

ISSN: 0169-023X

Publisher: Elsevier Science

Indexing

ISI Web of Knowledge - 10 Citations

Scopus - 11 Citations

Scientific classification

FOS: Natural sciences > Computer and information sciences

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-00A-2H0

DOI: 10.1016/j.datak.2014.10.001

Abstract (EN): One of the research topics on multi-agent systems focuses on the development of mechanisms such as plans to empower a team of agents to cooperate in order to perform complex tasks. In many cases, the definition of these plans are based on a specific and rather complex grammar and stored in structured text files. In the context of the 2D simulated Robotic Soccer domain, a set-play language was proposed to coordinate the execution of teammates' behaviors to improve a team's overall performance. The process of manually writing set-play definitions is hazardous and can benefit from the use of a graphical tool to reach new users and allow typical users to become more productive. This work presents such a tool for which several experiments were run to measure its usability with forty two users by having them perform a set of tasks for which their execution time, number errors and satisfaction were recorded. The tool reduced the previous average time required to completely define a set-play by 90% and enabled even non-expert users to use it Moreover, users were on average satisfied with SPlanner having ranked it with a score of 77 (out of 100) using a System Usability Scale questionnaire.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 22