Designing Dependable Agent Systems for Mobile Wireless Networks

  • Authors:
  • Vincent Cicirello;Maxim Peysakhov;Gustave Anderson;Gaurav Naik;Kenneth Tsang;William Regli;Moshe Kam

  • Affiliations:
  • Drexel University;Drexel University;Drexel University;Drexel University;Drexel University;Drexel University;Drexel University

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Intelligent Systems
  • Year:
  • 2004

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Abstract

As mobile computing becomes ubiquitous, Mobile Ad Hoc Networks are becoming increasingly important. MANETs allow for a bring-your-own-network solution to rescue workers at natural-disaster locations, where traditional networking infrastructure is not likely to exist. As a design paradigm, multiagent systems (MASs) can help support management and coordination of such environments. The complex, ever-changing environments of MANETs pose difficult challenges to a MAS. Dependable agents must be environment-aware with the ability to reason about a constant flow of complex data, including network state and feedback of system performance. The MAS must be adaptive and self-stabilizing to ensure dependable operation.