Title : 
A Multi-agent System Based on Variable Neighborhood Model
         
        
            Author : 
Ubukata, Seiki ; Kudo, Yasuo ; Murai, Tetsuya
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Grad. Sch. of Inf. Sci. & Technol., Hokkaido Univ., Sapporo, Japan
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
Agent control methods are generally required flexibility and robustness. As one of agent control methods to realize the flexibility, we proposed a variable neighborhood model in which an agent selects actions based on variable neighborhoods. In this paper, by extension, we formulate a framework of multi-agent system based on variable neighborhood model. We also discuss interactions among agents in the model.
         
        
            Keywords : 
multi-agent systems; rough set theory; agent control method; multiagent system; variable neighborhood model; Cost accounting; Indium tin oxide; Intelligent systems; Modeling; Multiagent systems; Rough sets; Semantics; modal logic; rough set theory; topological spaces; variable neighborhoods;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Granular Computing (GrC), 2010 IEEE International Conference on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
San Jose, CA
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4244-7964-1
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/GrC.2010.142