----- Original Message ---- From: rooftop8000 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: agi@v2.listbox.com Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2008 12:35:49 PM Subject: Re: [agi] organising parallel processes, try2
Do you think a hierarchy structure could be too restrictive? No, I have not yet found a use case that would change my opinion. What if low-hierarchy processes need to make a snap decision to turn off high-level ones. In a hierarchical control system, a process should be deactivated by its superior node. A low-hierarchy process can make a snap decision but it cannot turn off high-level ones. It can urgently pass along its perceptions and status to its commanding process and request their mutual deactivation. How are new processes put into the hierarchy? Agencies can spawn additional agents to help fulfill their mission. Likewise they can spawn child agencies to delegate a submission in support of their own mission. Some agencies will have as their mission, the composition and creation of other agencies. What if a high-level process is faulty and should be deactivated? A faulty process should be deactivated by its superior process. Each process, even a high level process will have a superior process which can deactivate it, except for the topmost process, whose sole mission is to be friendly. Every process is responsible for ensuring that their directly subordinate processes are not faulty, and are behaving in a friendly manner according to the policies in effect for that agency. Do you know any already working systems like the one you are making (preferably ones that have a non-trivial scheme of activation, hierarchy/organization or scheduling)? Unfortunately, I do not know of any systems like the one that I am making. I suggest that you survey the literature for the topic of agent scheduling. A very good place to start is Citeseer. Cheers. -Steve Stephen L. Reed Artificial Intelligence Researcher http://texai.org/blog http://texai.org 3008 Oak Crest Ave. Austin, Texas, USA 78704 512.791.7860 ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ ------------------------------------------- agi Archives: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ Modify Your Subscription: http://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=101455710-f059c4 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
