Towards self-organising agent-based resource allocation in a multi-server environment

Distributed applications require distributed techniques for efficient resource allocation. These techniques need to take into account the heterogeneity and potential unreliability of resources and resource consumers in a distributed environments. In this paper we propose a distributed algorithm that solves the resource allocation problem in distributed multiagent systems. Our solution is based on the self-organisation of agents, which does not require any facilitator or management layer. The resource allocation in the system is a purely emergent effect. We present results of the proposed resource allocation mechanism in the simulated static and dynamic multi-server environment. Categories and Subject Descriptors I.2.11 [Distributed Artificial Intelligence]: Coherence and coordination General Terms Algorithms Keywords resource allocation, distributed control, self-organisation

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2007
• Where: ATAL
• Authors: Tino Schlegel, Ryszard Kowalczyk
• Keywords: ATAL 2007, Efficient Resource Allocation, Resource Allocation, Resource Allocation Problem