@inproceedings{920e433ed38a4b748b2733c63c377846,
title = "Increasing resource utilization and task performance by agent cloning",
abstract = "Agents in a multi-agent system may face situations where tasks overload their computational capacities. Usually, this problem is solved by passing tasks to others or agent migration to remote hosts. We propose agent cloning as a more comprehensive approach to balancing local agent overloads. According to our paradigm, agents may clone, pass tasks to others, die or merge. We discuss the requirements of implementing a cloning mechanism and its benefits in a Multi-Agent System (MAS), and support our claims with simulation results.",
author = "Onn Shehory and Katia Sycara and Prasad Chalasani and Somesh Jha",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1999.; 5th International Workshop on Agents Theories, Architectures, and Languages, ATAL 1998 ; Conference date: 04-07-1998 Through 07-07-1998",
year = "1999",
doi = "10.1007/3-540-49057-4_27",
language = "אנגלית",
isbn = "3540657134",
series = "Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)",
publisher = "Springer Verlag",
pages = "413--426",
editor = "M{\"u}ller, {J{\"o}rg P.} and Singh, {Munindar P.} and Rao, {Anand S.}",
booktitle = "Intelligent Agents V",
address = "גרמניה",
}