A new algebraic modelling approach to distributed problem-solving in MAS

  • Authors:
  • Shuai Dianxun;Deng Zhidong

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Computer Science, East China University of Science and Technology Shanghai 200237, P.R. China and State Key Laboratory of Intelligence Technology and Systems, Tsinghua University Bei ...;State Key Laboratory of Intelligence Technology and Systems, Tsinghua University Beijing 100084, P.R. China

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Computer Science and Technology
  • Year:
  • 2002

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Abstract

This paper is devoted to a new algebraic modelling approach to distributed problem-solving in multi-agent systems (MAS), which is featured by a unified framework for describing and treating social behaviors, social dynamics and social intelligence. A conceptual architecture of algebraic modelling is presented. The algebraic modelling of typical social behaviors, social situation and social dynamics is discussed in the context of distributed problem-solving in MAS. The comparison and simulation on distributed task allocations and resource assignments in MAS show more advantages of the algebraic approach than other conventional methods.