Partner Selection Mechanisms for Agent Cooperation

Author

Ebadi, T. ; Purvis, Martin ; Purvis, Martin

Author_Institution

Univ. of Otago, Dunedin

Volume

3

fYear

2008

fDate

9-12 Dec. 2008

Firstpage

554

Lastpage

557

Abstract

In a multi-agent system, a single agent may not be capable of completing complex tasks. Therefore agents are required to form a team to fulfill the task requirements. In this paper an agent model is introduced that facilitates cooperation among agents. A multi-threaded multi-agent simulation framework is designed to test the model. The experimental results demonstrate that the model is significantly useful in achieving cooperation under various environmental constraints. It also allows agents to adjust their teammate selection strategies according to environmental constraints.

Keywords

multi-agent systems; multi-threading; agent cooperation; environmental constraints; multiagent system; multithreaded multiagent simulation framework; partner selection mechanisms; task requirements; teammate selection strategy; Context-aware services; Intelligent agent; Learning; Mobile robots; Monitoring; Multiagent systems; RFID tags; Radiofrequency identification; Robot kinematics; Testing; RFID reader; RFID tag; cooperation; multi-agent system; robot;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Web Intelligence and Intelligent Agent Technology, 2008. WI-IAT '08. IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on

Conference_Location

Sydney, NSW

Print_ISBN

978-0-7695-3496-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WIIAT.2008.294

Filename

4740841