Representation and Adaptation of Organization Coordination Knowledge for Autonomous Agent Systems.
Trent Jaeger, Atul Prakash · 1995
We present a framework that represents and adapts the organization coordination knowledge of autonomous agent systems. Organization coordination knowledge represents long-term knowledge about problem solving relationships between agents. As problem solving conditions change, organization coordination knowledge must be adapted to maintain system performance. Our framework includes: (1) an organization model that represents organization coordination knowledge; (2) a model that represents adaptation knowledge; and (3) an adaptation mechanism that uses AI techniques to find an organization model whose predicted performance satisfies a performance goal. 1 Introduction We present a framework that represents and adapts the organization coordination knowledge of autonomous agent systems to reduce coordination costs during problem solving. In autonomous agent systems, agents coordinate their actions to solve problems. To solve problems efficiently, an agent must be able to find the agents it ...