Preparation of Multi-Agent Knowledge for Reuse
Andrew Garland, Richard Alterman · 1995
It is often possible to envision the ways in which knowledge will be reused. By preparing the knowledge appropriately at storage time, we can simplify the later task of adapting the stored knowledge. Preparation can simplify, remove inefficiencies, and segment the trace data into useful ideas. In this paper, we apply this principle to a computational model that deals with the problem of a distributed collective memory for multi-agent systems and we provide technical detail about how the experience of the agents is prepared before storage. 1 Introduction We are interested in technical issues in building multiagent systems that use a distributed collective memory of previous problem-solving episodes. The basic idea is that a group of heterogeneous agents solve some collective problem. The resulting episode traces are divided up and stored in the collective memory of the problemsolving agents. In future episodes, these traces can be used, and adapted, so as to serve as a basis for improv...