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A composite self-organisation mechanism in an agent network
Self-organisation provides a suitable paradigm for developing autonomic web-based applications, e.g., e-commerce. Towards this end, in this paper, a composite self-organisation mechanism in an agent network is proposed. Based on self-organisation principles, this mechanism enables agents to dynamically adapt relations with other agents, i.e., change the underlying network structure, to achieve efficient task allocation. The proposed mechanism integrates a trust model to assist agents in reasoning with whom to adapt relations and employs a multi-agent Q-learning algorithm for agents to learn how to adapt relations. Moreover, in this mechanism, it is considered that the agents are connected by weighted relations, instead of crisp relations.
History
Publication title
Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Web Information Systems Engineering (WISE 2011). Lecture Notes in Computer Science, volume 6997Volume
6997Editors
A Bouguettaya, M Hauswirth and L LiuPagination
249-256ISBN
978-3-642-24433-9Department/School
School of Information and Communication TechnologyPublisher
SpringerPlace of publication
SwitzerlandEvent title
12th International Conference on Web Information Systems EngineeringEvent Venue
Sydney, AustraliaDate of Event (Start Date)
2011-10-13Date of Event (End Date)
2011-10-14Rights statement
Copyright 2011Repository Status
- Open