Title :
Cooperative scheduling among time-bounded agents
Author :
Belleili, Habiba ; Bouzid, Maroua ; Sellami, Mokhtar
Author_Institution :
LRI Lab., Badji Mokhtar Univ., Annaba
Abstract :
This paper defines a coordination process allowing hierarchical agents equipped with multiple methods to treat efficiently arriving tasks. The aim is to find an optimal (i.e. maximizing the utility of the result) combination of methods within the time window specified by the task. Agents are resource-limited and operate under time constraints. Agents (with their chosen methods) are used in sequential levels to progressively improve the quality of a task response
Keywords :
scheduling; software agents; agent task response; cooperative scheduling; coordination process; hierarchical agent; resource-limited agent; time-bounded agent; Artificial intelligence; Centralized control; Delay; Information retrieval; Problem-solving; Real time systems; Scheduling; Time factors;
Conference_Titel :
Tools with Artificial Intelligence, 2005. ICTAI 05. 17th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Hong Kong
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2488-5
DOI :
10.1109/ICTAI.2005.53
