A mediation-based approach to cooperative, distributed problem solving

This dissertation focuses on using cooperative mediation to solve distributed problems that are shared between cooperative autonomous agents. Cooperative mediation involves controlled centralization of overlapping subproblems in order to quickly converge on solutions. This technique represents a new...

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Main Author: Mailler, Roger T
Language:ENG
Published: ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst 2004
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Online Access:https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI3136757