Publication - Evolution of the GPGP Domain-Independent Coordination Framework

Authors:	Lesser, V., Decker, K., Carver, N., Garvey, A., Neiman, D., Nagendra Prasad, M., and Wagner, T.
Title:	Evolution of the GPGP Domain-Independent Coordination Framework
Abstract:	The GPGP domain-independent coordination structure for small agent groups was first detailed in an ICMAS95 paper. In this paper, we discuss the evolution of this framework over the last three years based on its being applied to a number of applications involving distributed situation assessment, information gathering and management, coordination of concurrent engineering activities and hospital scheduling. First, we review the basic architecture of GPGP and then present extensions to the TAEMS domain-independent representation of agent activities. We next describe new coordination mechanisms for use in resource sharing and contracting and the need for more complex coordination mechanisms. Finally, extensions to GPGP that permit the description and learning of situation-specific coordination strategies are detailed along with techniques for using GPGP in large agent organizations.
Keywords:	GPGP
Publication:	University of Massachusetts/Amherst CMPSCI Technical Report 98-05
Date:	January 1998
Sources:	PS: ftp://www.cs.umass.edu/pub/lesser/gpgp_evolution_1998.ps PDF: /Documents/gpgp_evolution_1998.pdf
Reference:	Lesser, V., Decker, K., Carver, N., Garvey, A., Neiman, D., Nagendra Prasad, M., and Wagner, T.. Evolution of the GPGP Domain-Independent Coordination Framework. University of Massachusetts/Amherst CMPSCI Technical Report 98-05. January 1998.
`bibtex`:	@article{Lesser-3, author = "V. Lesser and K. Decker and N. Carver and A. Garvey and D. Neiman and M. Nagendra Prasad and T. Wagner", title = "{Evolution of the GPGP Domain-Independent Coordination Framework}", journal = "University of Massachusetts/Amherst CMPSCI Technical Report 98-05", month = "January", year = "1998", url = "http://mas.cs.umass.edu/paper/3", }