AGENT ( Meta-)
Charles François (2004). AGENT ( Meta-), International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics, 2(1): 61.
| Collection | International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics |
|---|---|
| Year | 2004 |
| Vol. (num.) | 2(1) |
| ID | ◀ 61 ▶ |
| Object type | General information, Human sciences |
- “An agent who is capable of some sort of meta-level reasoning about the multi-agent community ”. (M. PECHOUCEK et al., 2000, p. 659)
The authors state that the meta-agent neither controls the community nor serves as a communication centre“. It is thus neither a controller , nor a ”black board “
The authors distinguish two types of meta-agent's activity :
- static observation
- dynamic observation “
Through static observation the meta-agent obtains a “state of affairs” picture
By dynamic observation , it may predict for ex. an “approaching critical overload of an agent”(note: or possibly of the whole system)
On the other hand “from the point of view of the meta-agents impact on the community we distinguish two principal roles :
- “- Passive role : the meta-agent does not influence the community life-cycle …it (merely) provides the user with the information on how the community evolves in time …The meta-agent playing a passive role does not have any means how to modify directly the multi-agent community.
- “- Active role : the meta-agent affects directly some other-agents within the community. Here the meta-agent usually revises (by directly delivered messages) the local knowledge bases of the agents. The proper active role should be ensured by means of dynamic observation ” (p. 659-60)
See also
Multi-agents system