A Multiagent-Based Agile Work Distribution System

This paper describes an agent-based and web-based system to instruct workers to build a product or to perform certain actions. The making of a product or actions to be performed is conducted by a so-called product agent that knows what should be done. In many cases the work to be done consists of a sequence or set of steps. The workers advertise their capabilities or steps they can perform and a product agent selects workers based on the steps the workers have advertised and distributes the work among the workers. Both workers and products are represented by agents that interact in a multiagent system. A simple example implementation is also presented as a proof of concept.