Fuzzy sets and algorithms of distributed task allocation for cooperative agents

Tanya Plotkin

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Abstract

This paper considers the problem of distributed dynamic task allocation by a set of cooperative agents. There are different types of tasks that are dynamically arriving to a system. Each of the agents can satisfy the tasks with some quality (which may be zero). Every task is augmented by the needed qualitative level of task’s execution. Thus, relation between agents and task types is fuzzy. The main goal of the agents is to maximize the overall performance of the system and to fulfill the tasks as soon as possible. This problem belongs to the Distributed Problem Solving class of Distributed Artificial Intelligence research. The results differ from that for task allocation in multi-agent environments where each agent tries to maximize its own performance. The principal result of the paper is a distributed polynomial algorithm for determining probabilistic optimal policy for task allocation in fuzzy environment.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
EditorsRusins Freivalds
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages404-407
Number of pages4
ISBN (Print)9783540446699
DOIs
StatePublished - 2001
Event13th International Symposium on Fundamentals of Computation Theory, FCT 2001 - Riga, Latvia
Duration: 22 Aug 200124 Aug 2001

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume2138
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference13th International Symposium on Fundamentals of Computation Theory, FCT 2001
Country/TerritoryLatvia
CityRiga
Period22/08/0124/08/01

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© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2001.

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