PROFILE-BASED ARCHITECTURE OF EVOLUTIONARY MAS

Abstract

A sub-type of multi-agent systems (MAS) called evolutionary ones (EMAS), special in its features and field of application, needs a dedicated architecture that would be more adequate and easier in design and implementation. The proposed architecture uses the notion of a profile which models strategies and goals of an agent with respect to an aspect of its operation. To make a decision, an agent is equipped with an algorithm that coordinates premises determined in its profiles. The paper presents main ideas of the architecture illustrated with an actual realisation of an EMAS solving the multi-objective optimisation problem.