Abstract
Many agent coordination problems can be modeled as distributed constraint optimization (DCOP) problems. ADOPT is an asynchronous and distributed search algorithm that is able to solve DCOP problems optimally. In this paper, we introduce Iterative Decreasing Bound ADOPT (IDB-ADOPT), a modification of ADOPT that changes the search strategy of ADOPT from performing one best-first search to performing a series of depth-first searches. Each depth-first search is provided with a bound, initially a large integer, and returns the first solution whose cost is smaller than or equal to the bound. The bound is then reduced to the cost of this solution minus one and the process repeats. If there is no solution whose cost is smaller than or equal to the bound, it returns a cost-minimal solution. Thus, IDB-ADOPT is an anytime algorithm that solves DCOP problems with integer costs optimally. Our experimental results for graph coloring problems show that IDB-ADOPT runs faster (that is, needs fewer cycles) than ADOPT on large DCOP problems, with savings of up to one order of magnitude.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Recent Advances in Constraints - 13th Annual ERCIM International Workshop on Constraint Solving and Constraint Logic Programming, CSCLP 2008, Revised Selected Papers |
Pages | 132-146 |
Number of pages | 15 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2009 |
Externally published | Yes |
Event | 13th Annual ERCIM International Workshop on Constraint Solving and Constraint Logic Programming, CSCLP 2008 - Rome, Italy Duration: 18 Jun 2008 → 20 Jun 2008 |
Publication series
Name | Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) |
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Volume | 5655 LNAI |
ISSN (Print) | 0302-9743 |
ISSN (Electronic) | 1611-3349 |
Conference
Conference | 13th Annual ERCIM International Workshop on Constraint Solving and Constraint Logic Programming, CSCLP 2008 |
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Country/Territory | Italy |
City | Rome |
Period | 18/06/08 → 20/06/08 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This research was done while Ariel Felner spent his sabbatical at the University of Southern California, visiting Sven Koenig. This research has been partly supported by an NSF award to Sven Koenig under contract IIS-0350584. The views and conclusions contained in this document are those of the authors and should not be interpreted as representing the official policies, either expressed or implied of the sponsoring organizations, agencies, companies or the U.S. government.
Keywords
- ADOPT
- DCOP
- Distributed Constraint Optimization
- Distributed Search Algorithms