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Using Single Function Agents to investigate conflict

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2009

B.V. Dunskus ,
D.L. Grecu ,
D.C. Brown  and
I. Berker
B.V. Dunskus
Affiliation:
Computer Science Department, WPI, Worcester, MA 01609, U.S.A.
D.L. Grecu
Affiliation:
Computer Science Department, WPI, Worcester, MA 01609, U.S.A.
D.C. Brown
Affiliation:
Computer Science Department, WPI, Worcester, MA 01609, U.S.A.
I. Berker
Affiliation:
Computer Science Department, WPI, Worcester, MA 01609, U.S.A.
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Abstract

Design Expert Systems can be built using many small, cooperating, limited function expert systems called Single Function Agents (SiFAs). Using this approach we will be able to investigate and discover primitive problem-solving and interaction patterns, specific for multiagent design systems, and should gain a deeper understanding of the types of knowledge involved. This paper presents some categories of conflicts that have been studied using the SiFA approach, and makes a brief presentation of the SINE implementation of SiFAs.

Keywords

Multiagent Design SystemsSingle Function AgentsConflict ResolutionNegotiation

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AI EDAM , Volume 9 , Issue 4 , September 1995 , pp. 299 - 312
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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