NDLI: A Predictive Method for Providing Fault Tolerance in Multi-agent Systems

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Author	de Luna Almeida, A. Aknine, S. Briot, J.-P. Malenfant, J.
Copyright Year	2006
Description	Author affiliation: Univ. Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, Paris (de Luna Almeida, A.; Aknine, S.; Briot, J.-P.; Malenfant, J.)
Abstract	The growing importance of multi-agent applications and the need for a higher quality of service in these systems justify the increasing interest in fault-tolerant multi-agent systems. In this article, we propose an original method for providing dependability in multi- agent systems through replication. Our method is different from other works because our research focuses on building an automatic, adaptive and predictive replication policy where critical agents are replicated to avoid failures. This policy is determined by taking into account the criticality of the plans of the agents, which contain the collective and individual behaviors of the agents in the application. The set of replication strategies applied at a given moment to an agent is then fine-tuned gradually by the replication system so as to reflect the dynamicity of the multi-agent system. We report on experiments assessing the efficiency of our approach.
Starting Page	226
Ending Page	232
File Size	356424
Page Count	7
File Format	PDF
ISBN	0769527485
DOI	10.1109/IAT.2006.21
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2006-12-18
Publisher Place	China
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Fault tolerant systems Multiagent systems Application software Fault tolerance Crisis management Quality of service Buildings Air traffic control Industrial plants Design automation
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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