Design Model for Peer-to-Peer Negotiating Multi-agent System
Xiaoru Wang · Journal of Southwest Jiaotong University · 2009
A novel design pattern was proposed to solve the design problem of a peer-to-peer negotiating multi-agent system.The architecture of the multi-agent system was constructed,and the formalization expressions of cooperating relations and interactions among peer-to-peer negotiating agents were given.The components of a peer-to-peer negotiating agent and the relations among them were investigated.These components include environment perceptron,situation perceptron,integrated decision-making module,cooperating areas,and so on.The corresponding class structures were designed.The design pattern was applied in the wide-area backup protection multi-agent system.The analyses of negotiating processes among wide-area backup protection agents under two fault simulations demonstrate the validity of the proposed design pattern.The research provides a reference for multi-agent systems with other structures.