TY - GEN
T1 - Agent coordination by trade-off between locally diffusion effects and socially structural influences
AU - Jiang, Yichuan
AU - Jiang, Jiuchuan
AU - Ishida, Toru
PY - 2007/12/1
Y1 - 2007/12/1
N2 - There were always two separated methods to make agent coordination: individual-local balance perspective and individual-society balance perspective. The first method only considered the balance between individual agents and their local neighbors; the second method only considered the balance between individual agents and the whole multiagent society. However, in reality, the agents will be diffused by their local neighbors as well as influenced by their social contexts simultaneously; therefore, it is necessary to deal with the social performance as well as local performance. To address such problem this paper presents an agent coordination method in an integrative model where we combine the two perspectives together and make trade-off between them. With our presented model, the individual, local and social concerns can be balanced well in a unified and flexible manner. Moreover, the experimental results show that there are often situations in which the two coordination perspectives aren't conflictive but often bring out the better in each other.
AB - There were always two separated methods to make agent coordination: individual-local balance perspective and individual-society balance perspective. The first method only considered the balance between individual agents and their local neighbors; the second method only considered the balance between individual agents and the whole multiagent society. However, in reality, the agents will be diffused by their local neighbors as well as influenced by their social contexts simultaneously; therefore, it is necessary to deal with the social performance as well as local performance. To address such problem this paper presents an agent coordination method in an integrative model where we combine the two perspectives together and make trade-off between them. With our presented model, the individual, local and social concerns can be balanced well in a unified and flexible manner. Moreover, the experimental results show that there are often situations in which the two coordination perspectives aren't conflictive but often bring out the better in each other.
KW - Coordination
KW - Local diffusion
KW - Multiagent system
KW - Social influence
KW - Unification trend
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U2 - 10.1145/1329125.1329219
DO - 10.1145/1329125.1329219
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:60349129081
SN - 9788190426275
T3 - Proceedings of the International Conference on Autonomous Agents
SP - 532
EP - 534
BT - AAMAS'07 - Proceedings of the 6th International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems
T2 - 6th International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, AAMAS'07
Y2 - 14 May 2008 through 18 May 2008
ER -