Title :
Routing method based on a computational ecology model
Author :
Yamasaki, Tatsushi ; Ushio, Toshimitu
Author_Institution :
Graduate Sch. of Syst. & Human Sci., Osaka Univ., Japan
Abstract :
Proposes a network routing method based on a computational ecology model by Hogg and Huberman (1991), which represents the macro action of multi-agent systems. We consider routing on a network as a resource allocation problem, where packets and links are regarded as agents and resources, respectively. Then, we apply a computational ecology model for this problem. Routing is accomplished autonomously with adaptivity and some fault-tolerance on the packet network. Finally, we examine the efficiency of the proposed method by computer simulation from several points of view
Keywords :
digital simulation; evolutionary computation; fault tolerance; multi-agent systems; packet switching; resource allocation; telecommunication network routing; adaptivity; computational ecology model; macro action; multi-agent systems; network routing method; packet network; resource allocation problem; Biological system modeling; Communication system traffic control; Computational modeling; Computer networks; Delay estimation; Electronic mail; Environmental factors; Mathematical model; Multiagent systems; Routing;
Conference_Titel :
Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 1999. IEEE SMC '99 Conference Proceedings. 1999 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Tokyo
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5731-0
DOI :
10.1109/ICSMC.1999.814101
