Managing synchronized movement of a set of vehicles

A computer-implemented method comprising:

• based on a set of parameters and goals for a vehicle having an agent component, negotiating with one or more other vehicles to form a coalition of vehicles with a set of common parameter values and common goals, wherein the coalition aims to achieve the common goals whilst respecting the common parameters;
• synchronizing with the other vehicles in the coalition to result in a positioning of the vehicle in relation to the other vehicles in the coalition and to synchronize time;
• combining the agent component of the vehicle with agent components of the other vehicles in the coalition to form a distributed agent system;
• controlling the coalition of vehicles with common commands from the distributed agent system in response to feedback from sensors in each of the vehicles;
• and
• enabling an override of the coalition by the vehicle agent component in response to a breach of safety parameters.