Distributed intelligent systems: issues, perspectives and approaches

摘要

Distributed artificial intelligence is the subarea of AI that uses multiple processors. It has also been referred to as (cooperative) distributed problem solving. Cooperation is necessary because no node has sufficient expertise, information or resources to solve the given problem. DAI studies intelligent coordination. There are several approaches to the achievement of coordination. The paper discusses distributed intelligent systems, and compares them with distributed processing and single agent problem solving systems. The systems are classified on the basis of different strategies for cooperation, and an algebraic style notation is proposed to describe a DIS precisely. This notation can also be used as input to or output from a machine. Certain essential features common to all DISs are also identified.