Large-Scale Multi-Agent Distributed Mission Planning and Execution in Complex Dynamic Environments

Abstract

Multi-Agent Distributed Goal Satisfaction, MADGS, is a JAVA-based mobile-agent system under development to facilitate distributed mission planning and execution in complex dynamic environments with a focus on distributed goal satisfaction. The MADGS system represents the union of five separate components, Agent-Server (named Carolina), mobile-agents, Distributed Goal Satisfaction (DGS), agentTool, and Prodigy. The target real-world operational environment for the MADGS system is a network topology consisting of intermittent nodes and uncertain network connections that exist in a large-scale, multi-platform dynamic network. The resulting design developed for this environment addresses the communications issues faced when handling massive numbers of mobileagents in such a topology. Our primary contribution to date has been examining the communications infrastructure requirements and changing how real-time mission planning and execution can be achieved without re-planning in the face of plan failures.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1999
Accession Number
ADA418998

Entities

People

  • Eugene Santos

Organizations

  • University of Connecticut

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Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Cyber
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

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  • Abstracts
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Cognitive Science
  • Computer Science
  • Computing System Architectures
  • Electronic Commerce
  • Engineering
  • Environment
  • Information Systems
  • Infrastructure
  • Logistics Management
  • Multiagent Systems
  • Network Topology
  • Software Development
  • Systems Engineering
  • Topology
  • User Interface

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  • Computer science
  • Engineering

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  • Distributed Systems and Data Platform Development