Tree Architecture Pattern Distributor: a task decomposition classification approach

Task decomposition is a widely used method to solve complex and large problems. In this paper, it is proposed a novel task decomposition approach, named tree architecture pattern distributor (TreeArchPD), which is based on another task decomposition technique, called pattern distributor. The main idea is to design a tree architecture with many distributors instead of using only one distributor as proposed by the original technique. It is also proposed a new class grouping method that aims to optimize the class selection for task decomposition. Many experiments were done and they showed the effectiveness of the proposed approaches.