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Title: Competing intelligent search agents in global optimization

Conference ·
OSTI ID:466468
;  [1];  [2]
  1. Boston Univ., MA (United States)
  2. Rutgers Univ., Piscataway, NJ (United States)

In this paper we present a new search methodology that we view as a development of intelligent agent approach to the analysis of complex system. The main idea is to consider search process as a competition mechanism between concurrent adaptive intelligent agents. Agents cooperate in achieving a common search goal and at the same time compete with each other for computational resources. We propose a statistical selection approach to resource allocation between agents that leads to simple and efficient on average index allocation policies. We use global optimization as the most general setting that encompasses many types of search problems, and show how proposed selection policies can be used to improve and combine various global optimization methods.

OSTI ID:
466468
Report Number(s):
CONF-9610138-; TRN: 97:001309-0048
Resource Relation:
Conference: International multi-disciplinary conference on intelligent systems: a semiotic perspective, Gaithersburg, MD (United States), 21-23 Oct 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of Intelligent systems: A semiotic perspective. Volume I: Theoretical semiotics; Albus, J.; Meystel, A.; Quintero, R.; PB: 303 p.
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English