Multi-Agent Decision Taking System

Issue title: Concurrency Specification and Programming (CS&P)

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Wakulicz-Deja, Alicja | Przybyła-Kasperek, Małgorzata

Affiliations: Institute of Computer Science, Silesian University, Sosnowiec, Poland. alicja.wakulicz-deja@us.edu.pl | Institute of Mathematics, Silesian University, Katowice, Poland. malgorzataprzybyla@poczta.fm

Note: [] Address for correspondence: Institute of Mathematics, Silesian University, Katowice, Poland

Abstract: The paper presents the process of taking global decisions on the basis of the knowledge of local decision systems involving the mutually complementary observations of objects which can be mutually contradictory. The authors suggest the organization of local decision systems into a multi-agent system with a hierarchical structure. The structure of multi-agent systems and the theoretical aspects of the organization of the system are presented. A density-based algorithm has been used in the process of taking global decisions. Furthermore the paper presents the results of experiments conducted using realistic data.

Keywords: decision system, multi-agent system, global decision, density-based algorithm

DOI: 10.3233/FI-2010-280

Journal: Fundamenta Informaticae, vol. 101, no. 1-2, pp. 125-141, 2010