Resource management in agent-based distributed environments

Authors:
Alexander Brodsky;Larry Kerschberg;Samuel Varas
Affiliations:
Center for Information Systems Integration and Evolution, Department of Information and Software Engineering, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA;Center for Information Systems Integration and Evolution, Department of Information and Software Engineering, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA;Industrial Engineering Department, University of Chile Republica
Venue:
CIA'99 Proceedings of the 3rd international conference on Cooperative information agents III
Year:
1999

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Abstract

This paper presents an agent-based architecture for optimally managing resources in distributed environments. The agent-based approach allows for maximal autonomy in agent negotiation and decision-making. A three-layer agency-based architecture is proposed, consisting of the user, agency and application domain layers. Agencies correspond to enterprise functional units, and agents are associated with agencies. A formal model of resources and constraints is presented, and it is shown that, under certain assumptions, optimal resource decompositions and allocations can be achieved. A distributed protocol is developed for agencies and agents to negotiate and exchange resources autonomously, while still satisfying both local and global constraints.