Coordination in Distributed Problem-Solving Networks

Abstract

The Distributed Vehicle Monitoring Testbed (DVMT) has been significantly modified to make it a suitable vehicle for studying issues in real-time coordination among agents and more complex protocols for sharing information among agents. A prototype implementation of a multistage negotiation protocol for use in distributed resource allocation has been completed. The Partial Global Planning (PGP) coordination framework has been extended to include task allocation via contracting, and progress has been made in the design of a generic version of this protocol. Additionally, a new framework for building cooperating experts has been proposed based on negotiation as an integral part of the problem-solving framework. A major part of the group effort over the last 6 months (contract started 4/15/89) has involved significantly extending and modifying the Distributed Vehicle Monitoring Testbed (DVMT). The purpose of this effort has been to make the testbed a more realistic model for studying distributed problem solving coordination issues.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1989
Accession Number
ADA276025

Entities

People

  • Victor R. Lesser

Organizations

  • University of Massachusetts Amherst

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Automata Theory
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Expert Systems
  • Fire Fighting
  • Fires
  • Information Exchange
  • Information Processing
  • Information Science
  • Information Systems
  • Intelligent Systems
  • Knowledge Based Systems
  • Models
  • Organizational Structure
  • Pattern Recognition

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computer Networking
  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).
  • Robotics and Automation.