Multipath allocation control in a communication network by the cooperative distributed multiagent model
Kenji Minato, Yasuyuki Okumura, Ryozo Kishimoot · Electronics and Communications in Japan (Part I Communications) · 1992
Abstract This paper proposes an application method of the cooperative distributed multiagent model in multipath allocation algorithm and confirms its valid calculation results by realizing this model in a distributed computer environment. The multiagent model in this paper is an environment where each agent has the same function of asynchronous and parallel calculation and no globally controlling agents exist. To realize this model, this paper proposes an appropriate dividing method of the multipath allocation problem for asynchronous and parallel calculation, a unifying method of each agent's answers and interagent communication protocols. It also compares the required calculation time and the number of allocated paths of a single agent with that of the multiagents and shows the practical calculation ability of the multiagent model.