Publication - Multi-Agent Based Peer-to-Peer Information Retrieval Systems With Concurrent Search Sessions

Authors: Zhang, Haizheng; Lesser, Victor
Title: Multi-Agent Based Peer-to-Peer Information Retrieval Systems With Concurrent Search Sessions
Abstract: In cooperative peer-to-peer information retrieval systems, each node can be considered as an intelligent agent and these agents work collectively to provide an information retrieval service. In order to support effectively, multiple, concurrent search sessions in the network, we propose two traffic engineering techniques that minimize processing and communication bottlenecks. One is a novel agent control mechanism whose elements include resource selection, local search scheduling, and feedback-based load control and the other is a new two-phase query routing algorithm based on organizational knowledge. Experimental results show that this framework can reduce congestion situations, increase system throughput, and improve considerably the overall system utility.
Keywords: Information Retrieval, Multi-Agent Systems
Publication: Proceedings of the Fifth International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2006), pp. 305 - 312
Location: Hakodate, Japan
Publisher: ACM
Date: 2006
Sources: PDF: /Documents/hzhang_aamas06.pdf
Reference: Zhang, Haizheng; Lesser, Victor. Multi-Agent Based Peer-to-Peer Information Retrieval Systems With Concurrent Search Sessions. Proceedings of the Fifth International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2006), ACM, pp. 305-312. 2006.
bibtex: 
@inproceedings{Zhang-422,
  author    = "Haizheng Zhang and Victor Lesser",
  title     = "{Multi-Agent Based Peer-to-Peer Information
               Retrieval Systems With Concurrent Search Sessions}",
  booktitle = "Proceedings of the Fifth International Joint
               Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent
               Systems (AAMAS 2006)",
  publisher = "ACM",
  pages     = "305-312",
  year      = "2006",
  address   = "Hakodate, Japan",
  url       = "http://mas.cs.umass.edu/paper/422",
}