SIS Research Area - Intelligent Systems & Interaction

Research Theme
Intelligent Agents for Decision Support

Central Concerns and Questions

We investigate architectures, protocols and algorithms for decision support and coordination in a multi-agent environment, ranging from supply chain collaboration to dynamic distributed resource allocation.

Emerging Ideas and Initiatives

We are interested in the design of intelligent agents over diverse problem domains, ranging from trading agent competitions, autonomous trading in commodity markets, to decentralised command and control in military and emergency response operations.

Selected Publications

[1] H. C. Lau, L. Agussurja, and R. Thagarajoo. Real-time supply chain control via multi-agent adjustable autonomy. Computers & Operations Research (Special Issue on Real-time Supply Chain Management), 35:3452– 3464, 2008.

[2] H. C. Lau, G. L. Soh, and W. C. Wan. Dynamic multi-linked negotiations in multi-echelon production scheduling networks. In IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology (IAT), pages 498-505, Hong Kong, December 2006.

[3] D. Srinivasan, W. Dakun, and K. W. Lye. Intelligent learning agents and cooperation in a power market. International Journal of Computational Intelligence: Theory and Practice. 1(2):81-89, 2006.

[4] S.-F. Cheng, E. Leung , K. M. Lochner, K. O'Malley, D. M. Reeves, J. L. Schvartzman, and M. P. Wellman. Walverine: A Walrasian trading agent. Decision Support Systems, 39:169-184, 2005.

[5] H. C. Lau and H. Wang. A Multi-Agent Approach for Solving Optimsation Problems involving Expensive Resources. In20th ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC), 79-83, New Mexico , USA , March 2005.

[6] H. C. Lau, L. Zhang and C. Liu. Solving Generalised Open Constraint Optimisation Problem using Two-Level Multi-Agent Framework. In IEEE/WIC/ACM Int'l Conf. on Intelligent Agent Technology (IAT), 558-564, France, September 2005.

Projects, Presentations and Posters

1. LAU Hoong Chuin, Sense and Respond Logistics, Presented at TLI-AP Defence Logistics Workshop, 2006 (presentation)

Collaborations and Industry Linkages

1. Singapore Ministry of Defence