Distributed fuzzy agents: a framework for intelligent network monitoring

Author

Ndousse, Thomas D.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Electr. Eng., Northern Arizona Univ., Flagstaff, AZ, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1997

fDate

8-12 Jun 1997

Firstpage

867

Abstract

We present a distributed fuzzy agent architecture with applications to network management and control. Each agent is designed to mimic human problem solving abilities in a network environment with monitoring and control objectives. In this fuzzy agent framework, each agent is equipped with a fuzzy micro-expert system, consisting of a fuzzy knowledge-base and an inference engine. The knowledge-base is a collection of fuzzy rules derived from an expert and represented as fuzzy conditional statements. Each agent is configured to react to precepts from its local environment and also to commands decoded in messages received from other fuzzy agents. The agents´ actions have local or external behaviors. Local behaviors are mainly due to environmental sensors while external behaviors consist of collaborative control messages forwarded to other fuzzy agents

Keywords

client-server systems; expert systems; fuzzy logic; inference mechanisms; intelligent networks; monitoring; software agents; telecommunication control; telecommunication network management; collaborative control messages; distributed fuzzy agents; environmental sensors; external behaviors; fuzzy conditional statements; fuzzy knowledge-base; fuzzy micro-expert system; fuzzy rules; inference engine; intelligent network monitoring; local behaviors; mimicing human problem solving abilities; network control; network management; Artificial intelligence; Communication system traffic control; Computerized monitoring; Fuzzy logic; Fuzzy systems; Humans; Information management; Intelligent agent; Intelligent networks; Problem-solving;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications, 1997. ICC '97 Montreal, Towards the Knowledge Millennium. 1997 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Montreal, Que.

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3925-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICC.1997.610003

Filename

610003