DocumentCode :
1828011
Title :
A Dependable Multi-agent System with Self-Diagnostic Function
Author :
Matsumoto, Keinosuke ; Maruo, Tomoaki ; Tanimoto, Akifumi
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Intell. Syst., Osaka Prefecture Univ., Sakai, Japan
fYear :
2009
fDate :
June 30 2009-July 4 2009
Firstpage :
213
Lastpage :
217
Abstract :
This paper proposes a self-diagnosable multi-agent system. A self-diagnosable algorithm has been proposed for multi-agent systems. This conventional algorithm makes every agent diagnose all other agents, but it has a problem that the more agents are included in a system, the more communications traffic increases. To solve the problem, this paper proposes a framework of multi-agent system that divides and deals with in parallel domains for mutual diagnosis to mitigate the communications between agents. Our approach introduces middle agents that do not interaction with basic client agents and we have developed a dynamic highly structured system that dynamically reconstitutes system configuration. The proposed method has been applied to a multi-agent system that forms a circle autonomously. Numerical experiments show that the proposed method needs much less communications than the conventional one.
Keywords :
fault diagnosis; fault tolerant computing; multi-agent systems; agent communication; multi-agent system; parallel domains; self-diagnosable algorithm; system configuration; Computer crashes; Computer science; Distributed computing; Fault diagnosis; Humans; Intelligent systems; Large-scale systems; Multiagent systems; Robots; Testing; autonomous distributed systems; fault diagnosis; load distribution; multi-agent systems;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Parallel and Distributed Computing, 2009. ISPDC '09. Eighth International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Lisbon
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3680-4
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/ISPDC.2009.16
Filename :
5284350
Link To Document :
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