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Agents, Availability Awareness, and Decision Making

Agents, Availability Awareness, and Decision Making
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Author(s): Stephen Russell (George Washington University, USA)and Victoria Y. Yoon (University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA)
Copyright: 2011
Pages: 18
Source title: Intelligent, Adaptive and Reasoning Technologies: New Developments and Applications
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Vijayan Sugumaran (Oakland University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60960-595-7.ch008

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Abstract

Despite the importance of resource availability, the inclusion of availability awareness in current agent-based systems is limited, particularly in decision support settings. This article discusses issues related to availability awareness in agent-based systems and proposes that knowledge of resources’ online status and readiness in these systems can improve decision outcomes. A conceptual model for incorporating availability and presence awareness in an agent-based system is presented, and an implementation framework operationalizing the conceptual model using JADE is proposed. Finally, the framework is developed as an agent-based decision support system (DSS) and evaluated in a decision making simulation.

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