Collaboration strategy for software dynamic evolution of multi-agent system
来源期刊：中南大学学报(英文版)2015年第7期
论文作者：LI Qing-shan CHU Hua ZHANG Man LI Min diao liang
文章页码：2629 - 2637
Key words：multi-agent system; dynamic evolution; task decomposition; collaboration
Abstract: As the ability of a single agent is limited while information and resources in multi-agent systems are distributed, cooperation is necessary for agents to accomplish a complex task. In the open and changeable environment on the Internet, it is of great significance to research a system flexible and capable in dynamic evolution that can find a collaboration method for agents which can be used in dynamic evolution process. With such a method, agents accomplish tasks for an overall target and at the same time, the collaborative relationship of agents can be adjusted with the change of environment. A method of task decomposition and collaboration of agents by improved contract net protocol is introduced. Finally, analysis on the result of the experiments is performed to verify the improved contract net protocol can greatly increase the efficiency of communication and collaboration in multi-agent system.
LI Qing-shan(李青山), CHU Hua(褚华), ZHANG Man(张曼), LI Min(李敏), diao liang(刁亮)
(Software Engineering Institute, Xidian University, Xi’an 710071, China)
Abstract:As the ability of a single agent is limited while information and resources in multi-agent systems are distributed, cooperation is necessary for agents to accomplish a complex task. In the open and changeable environment on the Internet, it is of great significance to research a system flexible and capable in dynamic evolution that can find a collaboration method for agents which can be used in dynamic evolution process. With such a method, agents accomplish tasks for an overall target and at the same time, the collaborative relationship of agents can be adjusted with the change of environment. A method of task decomposition and collaboration of agents by improved contract net protocol is introduced. Finally, analysis on the result of the experiments is performed to verify the improved contract net protocol can greatly increase the efficiency of communication and collaboration in multi-agent system.
Key words:multi-agent system; dynamic evolution; task decomposition; collaboration
