TY - GEN
T1 - Towards organizational problem solving
AU - Ishida, Toru
PY - 1993
Y1 - 1993
N2 - This paper introduces a problem solving paradigm, called organizational problem solving, where multiple agents cooperatively achieve a shared goal. In this paradigm, during a distributed problem solving process, the reorganization of multiple agents is triggered when the agents observe undesired performance degradation. This reflective feedback between distributed problem solving and organization self-design characterizes organizational problem solving, and enables agents to maintain their efficiency in a dynamically changing environment. To understand the paradigm and to evaluate its various implementations, a simple research testbed called the Tower of Babel is given.
AB - This paper introduces a problem solving paradigm, called organizational problem solving, where multiple agents cooperatively achieve a shared goal. In this paradigm, during a distributed problem solving process, the reorganization of multiple agents is triggered when the agents observe undesired performance degradation. This reflective feedback between distributed problem solving and organization self-design characterizes organizational problem solving, and enables agents to maintain their efficiency in a dynamically changing environment. To understand the paradigm and to evaluate its various implementations, a simple research testbed called the Tower of Babel is given.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:0027152934
SN - 0818634529
T3 - Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation
SP - 839
EP - 849
BT - Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation
PB - Publ by IEEE
T2 - Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation
Y2 - 2 May 1993 through 6 May 1993
ER -