Authors:
V. Mashkov
;
J. Barilla
;
P. Simr
and
J. Bicanek
Affiliation:
University J. E. Purkyne, Czech Republic
Keyword(s):
Multi-agent Systems, Coalition Formation, Modeling, Simulation, Petri Nets.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Agent Based Modeling and Simulation
;
Collaboration and e-Services
;
Collaborative Systems
;
Complex Systems Modeling and Simulation
;
e-Business
;
Enterprise Information Systems
;
Formal Methods
;
Performance Analysis
;
Petri Nets
;
Sensor Networks
;
Simulation and Modeling
;
Simulation Tools and Platforms
;
Software and Architectures
Abstract:
One of the challenges of agent technologies is to provide models of team or group activities in which agents
contact each other, negotiate and collaborate towards certain objectives. Such groups are related to multi-agent
systems. In context of multi-agent systems, separate agents can cooperate and join together in order to
execute the faced tasks in a more efficient way or in order to gain benefits. The paper deals with unselfish
agents which are concerned about the system’s global outcome, without regards for personal payoff. Coalition
formation is a very complex process which requires correct planning and preliminary modeling to be solved
effectively. In the paper, we considered the problem of modeling the coalition formation from unselfish
agents. There are several tools that allow providing and carrying out coalition formation modeling. In the
paper, we showed how the Petri Nets can be used for such modeling. For the purpose of simulation of coalition
formation the open
access web application was developed.
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