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A Design of Multi-Agent Framework to Develop Negotiation Systems

  • Park, Hyung-Rim;Kim, Hyun-Soo;Hong, Soon-Goo;Park, Young-Jae;Park, Yong-Sung;Kang, Moo-Hong
    • Journal of Intelligence and Information Systems
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    • v.9 no.2
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    • pp.155-169
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    • 2003
  • A multi-agent technology has emerged as new paradigms that can flexibly and promptly cope with various environmental changes and complex problems. Accordingly, many studies have been carried out to establish multi-agent systems in an effort to solve dynamic problems in many fields. However, most previous research on the multi-agent frameworks aimed at, on the behalf of a user, exchanging and sharing information among agents, reusing agents, and suggesting job cooperation in order to integrate and assimilate heterogeneous agents. That is, their frameworks mainly focused on the basic functions of general multi-agents. Therefore, they are not suitable to the development of the proper system for a specific field such as a negotiation. The goal of this research is to design a multi-agent framework for the negotiation system that supports the evaluation of the negotiation messages, management of the negotiation messages, and message exchanges among the negotiation agents.

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The Automatic Coordination Model for Multi-Agent System Using Learning Method (학습기법을 이용한 멀티 에이전트 시스템 자동 조정 모델)

  • Lee, Mal-Rye;Kim, Sang-Geun
    • The KIPS Transactions:PartB
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    • v.8B no.6
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    • pp.587-594
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    • 2001
  • Multi-agent system fits to the distributed and open internet environments. In a multi-agent system, agents must cooperate with each other through a coordination procedure, when the conflicts between agents arise. Where those are caused by the point that each action acts for a purpose separately without coordination. But previous researches for coordination methods in multi-agent system have a deficiency that they cannot solve correctly the cooperation problem between agents, which have different goals in dynamic environment. In this paper, we suggest the automatic coordination model for multi-agent system using neural network and reinforcement learning in dynamic environment. We have competitive experiment between multi-agents that have complexity environment and diverse activity. And we analysis and evaluate effect of activity of multi-agents. The results show that the proposed method is proper.

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Integration of Blackboard Architecture into Multi-Agent Architecture (블랙보드 구조와 다중 에이전트 구조의 통합)

  • Chang, Hai-Jin
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.355-363
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    • 2012
  • The Integration of multi-agent architecture and blackboard architecture may lead to a new architecture to cope with new application areas which need some good and strong points of both the architectures. This paper suggests an integrated architecture of blackboard architecture and multi-agent architecture by using event-based implicit invocation pattern and a blackboard event detection mechanism based on Rete network. From the viewpoints of weak couplings of system components and flexible control of knowledge source agents, it is desirable to use the event-based implicit invocation pattern in the integrated architecture. But the pattern itself does not concern the performance of the architecture, and it is very critical to the performance of the integrated architecture to detect efficiently the blackboard events which can activate knowledge source agents which can contribute to the problem-solving processes of the integrated architecture. The integrated architecture suggested in this paper uses a blackboard event detection mechanism based on Rete network to detect efficiently blackboard events which can activate knowledge source agents.

Agent based real-time fault diagnosis simulation (에이젼트기반 실시간 고장진단 시뮬레이션기법)

  • 배용환;이석희;배태용;이형국
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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    • 1994.10a
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    • pp.670-675
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    • 1994
  • Yhis paper describes a fault diagnosis simulation of the Real-Time Multiple Fault Dignosis System (RTMFDS) for forcasting faults in a system and deciding current machine state from signal information. Comparing with other diagnosis system for single fault,the system developed deals with multiple fault diagnosis,comprising two main parts. One is a remotesignal generating and transimission terminal and the other is a host system for fault diagnosis. Signal generator generate the random fault signal and the image information, and send this information to host. Host consists of various modules and agents such as Signal Processing Module(SPM) for sinal preprocessing, Performence Monotoring Module(PMM) for subsystem performance monitoring, Trigger Module(TM) for multi-triggering subsystem fault diagnosis, Subsystem Fault Diagnosis Agent(SFDA) for receiving trigger signal, formulating subsystem fault D\ulcornerB and initiating diagnosis, Fault Diagnosis Module(FDM) for simulating component fault with Hierarchical Artificial Neural Network (HANN), numerical models and Hofield network,Result Agent(RA) for receiving simulation result and sending to Treatment solver and Graphic Agent(GA). Each agent represents a separate process in UNIX operating system, information exchange and cooperation between agents was doen by IPC(Inter Process Communication : message queue, semaphore, signal, pipe). Numerical models are used to deseribe structure, function and behavior of total system, subsystems and their components. Hierarchical data structure for diagnosing the fault system is implemented by HANN. Signal generation and transmittion was performed on PC. As a host, SUN workstation with X-Windows(Motif)is used for graphic representation.

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A Design of a Coordination Agent Controlling Decision with Each Other Agents in RTS (RTS 게임에서 에이전트와 상호 의사를 조절하는 조정 에이전트의 설계)

  • Park, Jin-Young;Sung, Yun-Sick;Cho, Kyung-Eun;Um, Ky-Hyun
    • Journal of Korea Game Society
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    • v.9 no.5
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    • pp.117-125
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    • 2009
  • In real-time strategy simulation (RTS) game each team is composed of agents and executes strategies to win other team. Strategy needs agents' cooperation in each team. This needs multi-agent system (MAS). Centralized decision making, one of decision making in MAS, selects actions not to agents but to team by a coordinated agent. Decentralized decision making costs high because each agent communicates with each other. In this paper we propose a system which controls agents by grouping and allocates roles through negotiation by a coordinated agent. Then, when one of allocated actions is not executed or failed, a coordinated agent allocates its role to another agent. We make experiments in starcraft, famous RTS game. When a proposed method is applied, the performance of attack and defense is increased. The improved agents' team wins eight times per ten games.

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Usefulness of contrast agent involving high gadolium content for myocardial viability assessment (심근생존능검사 시 가돌리늄 함유량이 높은 조영제의 유용성)

  • Choi, Kwan-Woo;Son, Soon-Yong;Kim, Tae-Hyung;Han, Man-Seok;Lee, Ju-Hee;Min, Jung-Whan
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.14 no.3
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    • pp.1294-1300
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    • 2013
  • The purpose of this study is to increase contrast to noise ratio(CNR) in myocardial viability test by using contrast agent which highly content gadolinium(1mmol/mL) maximizing diagnostic value. This research method that four hundred four patients were underwent the MRI scanning two hundred eighty four of them were injected commercial contrast media which have 0.5mmol/L and the rest of them were injected new contrast media(gadobutrol) which have 1mmol/mL of molarity to study the contrast difference depending on the molarity of the contrast agent signal intensities of normal ventricle and left ventricle were measured to compare and evaluate signal to noise ratio(SNR) and CNR of the images. As result, 1mmol/mL contrast agent showed higher SNR by 25.13% in myocardium and 30.74% in left ventricle. CNR was proved to be better in 1mmol/mL contrast agent by 31.29%. The results above were all statistically meaningful. Therefore, contrast agent contenting more gadolinium which was 1mmol/mL in this study, could more effectively shorten T1 relaxation time, increase the signal intensity and at the same time maximize CNR and diagnostic value. This study firstly report the usefulness of 1mmol/mL contrast agent in patients allegedly suffering cardiac diseases and it is considered to increase diagnostic value.

The Verify of Environmental Toxicity of Foam Extinguishing Agents by Fish-Acute Toxicity Test (포소화약제의 어류급성독성 시험을 통한 환경독성 검증)

  • Lee, Jungyun;Kang, YoungJin;Kim, Hong
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.30 no.4
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    • pp.51-55
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    • 2015
  • There are various studies on the fire suppression process but the study on second pollution from fire products is not enough yet. Therefor, in this study verify that environmentally-friendly properties($LC_{50}$) of foam extinguishing agent with increases its amount used through with Fish-Acute Toxicity Test using a fish named Misgurnus anguillicaudatus that is appointed by OECD Test Guideline. In conclusion, proven that environmentally friendly properties of the agent of hoseo university through 16 times of LC50 than that of market.

Field Application Study for Soil Improvement and Existing Foundation Protection Work by Hi-FA(High performance and Multi functional Agent) (Hi-FA(유동성 및 점성 개질제)를 이용한 지반보강 및 기존 교량기초 보강공법에 대한 실용화 연구)

  • Kim, Myung-Hak;Park, Myoung-Deuk;Yoon, Tae-Gook;Lee, Yong-Jun;Park, Min-Cheol
    • Proceedings of the Korean Geotechical Society Conference
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    • 2010.09a
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    • pp.664-675
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    • 2010
  • Recently environment-friendly construction method is major trend in both domestic and world constrction fields. In this paper High Functional Performance Agent(Hi-FA) which has various improved engineering characteristics different with conventional Portland cement grouting, such as high viscosity, liquidity, void filling ability, early hardening, and separation resistance, was analyzed by field and laboratory test. Also soil improvement and existing deep foundation protection works were performed and analyzed using Hi-FA.

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Buyer-Supplier Collaboration and Benefit-Sharing Strategy in a Supply Chain (공급망 상생협력 활동과 성과 공유 전략)

  • Yoo, Seung-Ho
    • Journal of the Korean Operations Research and Management Science Society
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    • v.36 no.1
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    • pp.69-84
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    • 2011
  • In this study, based on the principal-agent paradigm, we investigate a joint cost reduction activity in a buyer-supplier supply chain where a buyer motivates its operations department and a supplier to reduce the supply chain's production cost. We construct a benefit-sharing model based on the target cost scheme, a basic philosophy in practice which has not been explored in previous studies. The model also incorporates various supply chain issues such as the cooperation of multiple agents, the opportunity loss, and the degree of strategic relationship between the buyer and the supplier. Based on the analysis of the principal-agent model, we investigate the benefit-sharing rule to control agents' actions, and we also provide important managerial implications into supply chain practices via extensive comparative static analyses.

Constructing intelligent agent for chromosome knowledge base

  • Shin, Yong-Won
    • Proceedings of the KAIS Fall Conference
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    • 2003.11a
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    • pp.3-9
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    • 2003
  • The task for chromosome analysis and diagnosis by experienced cytogenetists are being concerned as repetitive, time consuming job and expensive. For that reason, intelligent agent based on chromosome knowledge base has been established to be able to analyze chromosomes and obtain necessary advises from the knowledge base instead of human experts. That is to say, knowledge base by IF THEN production rule was implemented to a knowledge domain with normal and abnormal chromosomes, and then the inference results by knowledge base could enter the inference data into the database. Experimental data were composed of normal chromosomes of 2,736 patients 'cases and abnormal chromosomes of 259 patients' cases that have been obtained from GTG-banding metaphase peripheral blood and amniotic fluid samples. The completed intelligent agent for chromosome knowledge base provides variously morphological information by analysis of normal or abnormal chromosomes and it also has the advantage of being able to consult with user on chromosome analysis and diagnosis.

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