COORDINATION IN MULTI-AGENT DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM - Application to a Boiler Combustion Management System (GLZ)

Noria Taghezout, Abdelkader Adla, Pascale Zaraté

2009

Abstract

In Multi-agents systems, the cognitive capability present in an agent can be deployed to realize effective problem-solving by the combined effort of the system and the user. It offers the potential to automate a far wider part of the problem solving task than was possible with classical DSS. In this paper, we propose to integrate agents in a group decision support system. The resulting system, MADS is designed to support operators during contingencies. We experiment our system on a case of boiler breakdown to detect a functioning defect of the boiler (GLZ: Gas Liquefying Zone) to diagnose the defect and to suggest one or several appropriate cure actions. In MADS the communication support enhances communication and coordination capabilities of participants. A simple scenario is given, to illustrate the feasibility of the proposal.

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Taghezout N., Adla A. and Zaraté P. (2009). COORDINATION IN MULTI-AGENT DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM - Application to a Boiler Combustion Management System (GLZ) . In Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 2: ICEIS, ISBN 978-989-8111-85-2, pages 194-199. DOI: 10.5220/0001999301940199


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@conference{iceis09,
author={Noria Taghezout and Abdelkader Adla and Pascale Zaraté},
title={COORDINATION IN MULTI-AGENT DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM - Application to a Boiler Combustion Management System (GLZ)},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 2: ICEIS,},
year={2009},
pages={194-199},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001999301940199},
isbn={978-989-8111-85-2},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 2: ICEIS,
TI - COORDINATION IN MULTI-AGENT DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM - Application to a Boiler Combustion Management System (GLZ)
SN - 978-989-8111-85-2
AU - Taghezout N.
AU - Adla A.
AU - Zaraté P.
PY - 2009
SP - 194
EP - 199
DO - 10.5220/0001999301940199