Tracing Dependencies of Strategy Selections in Agent Design
Dung Ngoc Lam, K. Suzanne Barber · 2000
Given the diverse multi-agent system (MAS) implementations developed for specific domains, there has been a lack of a comprehensive method for analyzing and evaluating the various multi-agent systems. With a formal method to investigate agent architectures, MAS designers can answer 1) how performance criteria affect design decisions, 2) how design decisions affect MAS behavior, and 3) which combinations of design decisions are best suited for the system. The first step in answering these questions is to decompose an agent into its core competencies (CC), such as agent organization