Distributed intelligent agents in decentralized organizations

Author

Chi, Robert T. ; Kiang, Melody Y. ; Turba, Efraim

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf. Syst., California State Univ., Long Beach, CA, USA

fYear

1993

fDate

5-8 Jan 1993

Firstpage

292

Abstract

A distributed problem solving schema is presented which uses a blackboard architecture for problem solving. In this distributed problem solving architecture, not only one but several intelligent agents (or knowledge-based systems) are involved to collaboratively perform problem solving. Each system in this environment has different expertise which can be used to solve part of the complex problem. By using a blackboard structure, expert systems with different expertise can also exchange their own knowledge and partial solution plans to enhance their general problem solving capabilities. This type of architecture is especially suitable for decentralized organizational structure where distributed problem solving is likely to occur

Keywords

administrative data processing; blackboard architecture; cooperative systems; distributed processing; knowledge based systems; problem solving; blackboard architecture; blackboard structure; decentralized organizational structure; distributed problem solving schema; general problem solving capabilities; intelligent agents; knowledge-based systems; partial solution plans; Collaboration; Engines; Expert systems; Information systems; Intelligent agent; Knowledge based systems; Knowledge representation; Problem-solving; Production systems; User interfaces;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

System Sciences, 1993, Proceeding of the Twenty-Sixth Hawaii International Conference on

Conference_Location

Wailea, HI

Print_ISBN

0-8186-3230-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/HICSS.1993.284197

Filename

284197