Strategies for real-time dialogue and interaction in multiagent systems

Author

Lun, Vernon ; MacLeod, Ian M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Volume

22

Issue

4

fYear

1992

Firstpage

671

Lastpage

680

Abstract

Agent dialogue and interaction protocols, which are important in achieving intelligent collective behavior from a set of heterogeneous agents in real-time computer systems, are addressed. The characteristics of such agents are analyzed and classified into several generic classes. A bulletin board model is proposed as a flexible paradigm for supporting the coexistence of disparate agents and for investigating agent interaction mechanisms. A set of protocols for agent dialogue and interaction is suggested. The analysis places a strong emphasis on the time in properties of such protocols and on the need to satisfy temporal constraints in real-time environments

Keywords

distributed processing; knowledge based systems; protocols; real-time systems; agent dialogue; agent interaction; agent interaction mechanisms; bulletin board model; intelligent computing; interaction protocols; multiagent systems; real-time dialogue; temporal constraints; Helium; Intelligent agent; Intelligent systems; Knowledge based systems; Knowledge management; Multiagent systems; Problem-solving; Protocols; Real time systems; Timing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Systems, Man and Cybernetics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9472

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/21.156580

Filename

156580