Demonstration 4: Distribution of initiative

This demonstration illustrates the distribution of initiative over the belief space. In the following, the frequency with which a seat was offered was plotted. It was expected that the agent would offer a seat if the intention value was high, but that when the belief about having a seat value was also high, that the agent would override this decision since the other agent can be expected to take up the initiative instead. The system behaved as expected, seen in figure 4.19.

Figure 4.19: Density of initiative against P(intend(book-flight-window) and P(bel(have-seat))

Figure 4.20: Density of initiative against P(intend(book-flight-window) and P(bel(have-seat))
Figure 4.21: Density of initiative against P(intend(book-flight-window) and P(bel(have-seat))

Then, the frequency with which a seat was asked for was plotted. This was expected to happen when bel(have-seat) was highly valued by the user. This is shown in figure 4.20

Finally, the total of the contributions of initiative from each of the agents is given in figure 4.21.