NDLI: Tools and Techniques for Performance Measurement of Large Distributed Multiagent Systems (2003)

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Tools and Techniques for Performance Measurement of Large Distributed Multiagent Systems (2003)

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Author	Helsinger, Aaron Lazarus, Richard Wright, William Zinky, John
Description	Performance measurement of large distributed multiagent systems (MAS) offers challenges that must be addressed explicitly in the agent infrastructure. Performance data is widely distributed and voluminous, and poor data collection can impact the operation of the system itself. However, performance metrics are essential to internal system function, e.g., autonomous adaptation to dynamic environments, as well as to external assessment. In this paper we describe the tools, techniques, and results of performance characterization of the Cougaar distributed agent architecture. These techniques include infrastructure instrumentation, pluginbased instrumentation of agents, and dynamic control of metric collection. We introduce multiple redundant “channels ” for metric delivery, each serving separate quality of service requirements. We present our techniques for instrumenting the agent society, justify the metrics chosen, and describe the tools developed for collecting these metrics. We also present results from distributed agent societies comprising hundreds of agents. Categories and Subject Descriptors
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Language	English
Publisher Date	2003-01-01
Publisher Institution	In Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Separate Quality Autonomous Adaptation Poor Data Collection Agent Infrastructure Metric Delivery Multiple Redundant Channel Performance Characterization Performance Measurement Internal System Function External Assessment Agent Architecture Distributed Agent Society Large Distributed Multiagent System Metric Collection Performance Data Agent Society Infrastructure Instrumentation Service Requirement Pluginbased Instrumentation Subject Descriptor Performance Metric Dynamic Control Present Result
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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