Integrating a Distributed and Heterogenous Organisation Using Constraint Programming
Carlos Eisenberg · Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) · 2000
The Internet globally connects a great deal of diverse and heterogeneous information resources, which an agent can dynamically combine in order to synthesise new information.An agent society is used to facilitate a common project within globally distributed, heterogeneous organisations.Besides coordinating a finite number of variables, the agents are used to iron out cultural differences within the organisations to ensure the overall success of the shared project.Constraint programming is used to compute schedules, to translate cultural dependent meaning of terms and to serve as a carrier for unambiguous information exchange for the negotiation based co-ordination process.