期刊名称:International Journal of Computer Science and Network Security
印刷版ISSN:1738-7906
出版年度:2006
卷号:6
期号:7B
页码:107-112
出版社:International Journal of Computer Science and Network Security
摘要:Multi-agent problem solving in a real-time environment is one of the hardest and most fascinating research area. In this paper, we propose a method for quick adaptation to changes in a problem in a real-time environment as an extension of an Asynchronous Weak-commitment (AWC) search algorithm. The basic idea of our proposing method is to limit the scope of search. Variables which are affected by changes could be modified their previously assigned values to adapt to the changes. For the adaptation to changes in a problem, we sacrifice the optimality of a solution. If an agent can increase its utility, it can simply modify its values. In the process, an agent emphasizes the local optimality without considering the global optimality. In a real-time environment, it is not practically important to globally optimize a solution. The quick adaptation to changes can be useful for such real-time problem.
关键词:Distributed Constraint Satisfaction Problem, Real-time problem, Multi-agent Systems