Title :
ViSe2-an agent-based expert consulting system with efficient cooperation
Author :
Bian, Cheng-Gang ; Cao, Wen ; Hartvigsen, Gunnar
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Math. & Phys. Sci., Tromso Univ., Norway
Abstract :
ViSe2 is an expert consulting system which employs software agents to manage distributed knowledge sources. These individual software agents solve users´ problems either by themselves or via cooperation. The efficiency of cooperation plays a serious role in the systems considered. We have focused on the development of a twin-base approach for agents to model the capabilities of each other, and thus achieve efficient cooperation. The current version of the ViSe2 implementation is an experimental model of an agent-based expert system. We have run some performance tests, and compared with other cooperation approaches in distributed AI. The results received so far indicate that the ViSe2 agents serve their users in an efficient cooperation manner
Keywords :
cooperative systems; distributed processing; expert systems; software agents; ViSe2; agent-based expert consulting system; distributed AI; distributed knowledge sources; efficient cooperation; software agents; twin-base approach; Computer science; Expert systems; Forward contracts; Intelligent agent; Intelligent systems; Knowledge management; Problem-solving; Software agents; System testing;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Engineering Systems, 1997. INES '97. Proceedings., 1997 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Budapest
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3627-5
DOI :
10.1109/INES.1997.632415
