DocumentCode :
480781
Title :
Agent Decision Making for Dynamic Selection of Coordination Mechanisms
Author :
Ghijsen, Mattijs ; Jansweijer, Wouter N H ; Wielinga, Bob J.
Author_Institution :
Human Comput. Studies Lab., Univ. of Amsterdam, Amsterdam
Volume :
2
fYear :
2008
fDate :
9-12 Dec. 2008
Firstpage :
87
Lastpage :
91
Abstract :
In this paper we present a decision making framework to enable agents to dynamically select a coordination mechanism. To demonstrate our approach we introduce an abstract task environment in which agents have to cooperate to achieve their goals. These agents are capable of using two coordination mechanisms, a centralized and a decentralized mechanism. We show how the decision making framework is operationalized in this abstract task environment. Furthermore, in an experiment we compare the performance of two static organizations with an organization in which agents have the ability to switch between coordination mechanisms. Results show that the ability to switch improves performance of the MAS.
Keywords :
decision making; multi-agent systems; MAS; agent decision making; centralized mechanism; coordination mechanism dynamic selection; decentralized mechanism; multiagent system; organizational design; static organizations; Collaboration; Costs; Decision making; Humans; Intelligent agent; Laboratories; Multiagent systems; Switches; Time measurement; dynamic coordination; multi-agent coordination; multi-agent system;
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.2008.133
Filename :
4740602
Link To Document :
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