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2003 IEEE/WIC International Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology (IAT'03)
Inaccessibility in Multi-Agent Systems
Halifax, Canada
October 13-October 17
ISBN: 0-7695-1931-8
Michal Pechoucek, Czech Technical University in Prague
Michal Dob?sek, Czech Technical University in Prague
Jir? Lazansk?, Czech Technical University in Prague
Vladim? Mar?, Czech Technical University in Prague
In standard situations, agents in a multi-agent community need to communicate each other to accomplish cooperation and coordination of joint activities. Normally it is expected that each agent can contact any other using a reliable communication infrastructure. Often one has to think about situations when a communication subsystem becomes disintegrated and some agents become isolated from the rest of the community. The paper provides basic analysis of such inaccessibility situations, and reviews possible technologies to remedy the resulting difficulties. The concepts of a so-called doubler agent and stand-in agent for maintaining agents accessibility is introduced. A brief discussion on suitability of the acquaintance models for maintaining accessibility on a symbolic level is also touched.
Citation:
Michal Pechoucek, Michal Dob?sek, Jir? Lazansk?, Vladim? Mar?, "Inaccessibility in Multi-Agent Systems," iat, pp.182, 2003 IEEE/WIC International Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology (IAT'03), 2003
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