Criteria for the Analysis of Coordination in Multi-agent Applications

  • Authors:
  • Rejane Frozza;Luis Otávio Alvares

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-

  • Venue:
  • COORDINATION '02 Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Coordination Models and Languages
  • Year:
  • 2002

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Abstract

In computer science, distributed artificial intelligence is deeply involved with the problem of coordination. The coordination of agents has been approached in several applications because when well applied, it contributes to an efficient execution of activities by agents. Thus, it is an important issue to be analyzed in a society of agents. In this work, a detailed study of the characteristics and existing coordination mechanisms that involve the operation of agents in a multi-agent environment has been carried out. Thus, criteria for the comparison of different agent coordination approaches were proposed, and the use of these criteria in some applications is shown. These criteria can help in the analysis of the operation and use of an agents' coordination mechanism in a multi-agent system. A previous analysis can highlight interesting aspects of a system in relation to coordination.