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ABSTRACT

In cooperation systems such as Multi-Agent Systems, it is an important problem how group of agents is organized as well as how agents cooperate with each other. Moreover, dynamic computing environments require the dynamic organization to the cooperation systems. To this end, in this paper, we propose two organization algorithms based on trust and reputation of agents; one is a centralized and another is a distributed self-organization algorithm.

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  D. Software
  D.2 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
        D.2.11 Software Architectures
            Subjects: Domain-specific architectures

Additional Classification:
  I. Computing Methodologies
  I.2 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
        I.2.11 Distributed Artificial Intelligence
            Subjects: Intelligent agents

General Terms:
Algorithms

Keywords:
agent organization, cooperation system, trust and reputation