Integrating operators’ preferences into decisions of unmanned aerial vehicles: Multi-layer decision engine and incremental preference elicitation

Khannoussi, Arwa; Olteanu, Alexandru-Liviu; Labreuche, Christophe; Narayan, Pritesh; Dezan, Catherine; Diguet, Jean-Philippe; Petit-Frère, Jacques; Meyer, Patrick

Abstract

Due to the nature of autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) missions, it is important that the decisions of a UAV stay consistent with the priorities of an operator, while at the same time allowing them to be easily audited and explained. We therefore propose a multi-layer decision engine that follows the logic of an operator and integrates its preferences through a Multi-Criteria Decision Aiding model. We also propose an incremental approach to elicit the operator’s preferences, in view of minimizing his/her cognitive fatigue during this task.

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (published)
• Conference Name: 6th International Conference, ADT 2019
• Start Date: Oct 25, 2019
• End Date: Oct 27, 2019
• Acceptance Date: Oct 1, 2019
• Online Publication Date: Oct 10, 2019
• Publication Date: Dec 31, 2019
• Deposit Date: Oct 27, 2019
• Publicly Available Date: Oct 11, 2020
• Publisher: Springer Verlag
• Volume: 11834
• Pages: 49-64
• Series Title: Lecture Notes in Computer Science
• Series ISSN: 0302-9743
• Edition: 2019
• Book Title: International Conference on Algorithmic Decision Theory
• ISBN: 9783030314880
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31489-7_4
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/4154528
• Publisher URL: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-31489-7#about
• Additional Information: First Online: 10 October 2019; Conference Acronym: ADT; Conference Name: International Conference on Algorithmic DecisionTheory; Conference City: Durham, NC; Conference Country: USA; Conference Year: 2019; Conference Start Date: 25 October 2019; Conference End Date: 27 October 2019; Conference ID: aldt2019; Conference URL: https://conferences.fuqua.duke.edu/adt/; Type: Double-blind; Conference Management System: Confy; Number of Submissions Sent for Review: 31; Number of Full Papers Accepted: 10; Number of Short Papers Accepted: 7; Acceptance Rate of Full Papers: 32% - The value is computed by the equation "Number of Full Papers Accepted / Number of Submissions Sent for Review * 100" and then rounded to a whole number.; Average Number of Reviews per Paper: 3; Average Number of Papers per Reviewer: 3; External Reviewers Involved: No