A Coordination Algorithm Between Agents Based on Positive Relations
Feng Jiang · Computer and Modernization · 2008
Coordination and cooperation between agents have been a key topic in multiagent system(MAS).Since one of the main research objectives of MAS is to obtain a coordination and cooperation between belief,intension,desire and action from different agents.In the open and dynamic MAS,agents with different goals should cooperate with each other in using resource and achieving their goals.For example,when a conflict in using resource is happening,if there lacks a good coordination mechanism,maybe a deadlock will occur in the MAS.On the other hand,when an agent can not achieve its goals independently,then it needs the help from other agents,so a cooperation mechanism is needed here.This paper proposes a coordination mechanism and a coordination algorithm between agents based on positive relations in MAS.In the algorithm,by using the coordination mechanism,an agent can consign or receive the sub-plans in its communication with other agents,so that it can enable load balancing in MAS and effectively decrease the operation cost of MAS.