Evaluation of Emergent Structures in a ”Cognitive” Multi-Agent System based on On-line Building and Learning of a Cognitive Map

Abdelhak Chatty, Philippe Gaussier, Ilhem Kallel, Philipe Laroque, Florence Pirard, Adel M. Alimi

2013

Abstract

This paper tries to analyze and evaluate emergent structures in a multi-agent system which is able to resolve the warehouse location problem. These emergent structures allow agents to optimize their planning time and to improve their adaptive behavior in an unknown environment. In our multi-agent system, each agent is based on an on-line building and learning of its own cognitive map. It alters the positive impact of individual behavior in the improvement of the overall performance of the system. We also suggest the evaluation of the emergent structures by comparing the performance of our multi-agent system with a linear programming approach. A series of simulations enables us to discuss and validate our system.

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Chatty A., Gaussier P., Kallel I., Laroque P., Pirard F. and M. Alimi A. (2013). Evaluation of Emergent Structures in a ”Cognitive” Multi-Agent System based on On-line Building and Learning of a Cognitive Map . In Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 1: ICAART, ISBN 978-989-8565-38-9, pages 269-275. DOI: 10.5220/0004258702690275


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@conference{icaart13,
author={Abdelhak Chatty and Philippe Gaussier and Ilhem Kallel and Philipe Laroque and Florence Pirard and Adel M. Alimi},
title={Evaluation of Emergent Structures in a ”Cognitive” Multi-Agent System based on On-line Building and Learning of a Cognitive Map},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 1: ICAART,},
year={2013},
pages={269-275},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0004258702690275},
isbn={978-989-8565-38-9},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 1: ICAART,
TI - Evaluation of Emergent Structures in a ”Cognitive” Multi-Agent System based on On-line Building and Learning of a Cognitive Map
SN - 978-989-8565-38-9
AU - Chatty A.
AU - Gaussier P.
AU - Kallel I.
AU - Laroque P.
AU - Pirard F.
AU - M. Alimi A.
PY - 2013
SP - 269
EP - 275
DO - 10.5220/0004258702690275