Performance Comparison of Simple Reflex Agents Using Stigmergy with Model-Based Agents in Self-Organizing Transportation

Schmid SJ, Schraudner D, Harth A (2021)

Publication Type: Conference contribution, Original article

Publication year: 2021

Original Authors: Sebastian Schmid, Daniel Schraudner, Andreas Harth

Publisher: IEEE

Event location: DC US

ISBN: 978-1-6654-4393-7

DOI: 10.1109/ACSOS-C52956.2021.00071

Abstract

Multi-agent systems utilizing simple reflex agents are assumed to have a significant competitive disadvantage when compared to more sophisticated agent-based approaches. However, in terms of resilience and adaptivity, this simple design turns out be an advantage when used together with stigmergy. In this paper we show that simple reflex agents that use stigmergy, are fit and flexible enough to outperform rivaling model-based agents in a disturbed transportation setting that simulates a dynamic, real-world industrial shop floor, and have a performance closer to a centralized, monolithic approach which we compare to as gold standard. This leads to opportunities for simpler, but nevertheless more robust agent design for self-organizing, decentralized multiagent approaches just by sharing knowledge of the world and exploiting their environment.

Authors with CRIS profile

Sebastian Josef Schmid Lehrstuhl für Wirtschaftsinformatik, insbesondere Technische Informationssysteme Daniel Schraudner Lehrstuhl für Wirtschaftsinformatik, insbesondere Technische Informationssysteme Andreas Harth Lehrstuhl für Wirtschaftsinformatik, insbesondere Technische Informationssysteme

Related research project(s)

Methodik zur selbstorganisierten Aggregation interaktiver Komponenten (MOSAIK) May 1, 2019 - April 30, 2022

How to cite

APA:

Schmid, S.J., Schraudner, D., & Harth, A. (2021). Performance Comparison of Simple Reflex Agents Using Stigmergy with Model-Based Agents in Self-Organizing Transportation. In Proceedings of the 2021 IEEE International Conference on Autonomic Computing and Self-Organizing Systems Companion (ACSOS-C). DC, US: IEEE.

MLA:

Schmid, Sebastian Josef, Daniel Schraudner, and Andreas Harth. "Performance Comparison of Simple Reflex Agents Using Stigmergy with Model-Based Agents in Self-Organizing Transportation." Proceedings of the 2021 IEEE International Conference on Autonomic Computing and Self-Organizing Systems Companion (ACSOS-C), DC IEEE, 2021.

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