Title: A brief review on computer system control using multi-agent technique

Authors: Fahad Ali; Ayesha Iqbal; Zunaira Nazir; Usman Inayat; Syed Mohsin Ali; Muhammad Rehan Saleem

Addresses: University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan ' University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan ' University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan ' University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan ' University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan ' University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan

Abstract: Multi-agent systems consist of several agents that exist at the same time, share common resources and communicate with each other. They are self-controlled and operate in a network environment. Mostly, they are used by control engineers to control specific communication and computing channels using a number of strategies. At large scale, multi-agent systems are being used in smart grids and sensor-controlling applications. Since the nature of multi-agent systems are autonomous, they require a distributed operation environment. Due to this feature of multi-agents, they are different from all other systems, because when network size increases, the control objectives can be achieved accordingly without any complexity of sensing and communication controlling. For this, a communication network is essential among all neighbouring agents. This paper reviews previous studies on controlling of multi-agents in a different framework. It will help us to remove gaps between previous research and our latest understanding of multi-agent systems technology.

Keywords: autonomous systems; communication channels; computing channels; distributed operation; multi-agent systems; network control; network services.

DOI: 10.1504/IJSA.2019.105242

International Journal of Sustainable Aviation, 2019 Vol.5 No.4, pp.298 - 312

Received: 18 Mar 2019
Accepted: 07 Sep 2019
Published online: 22 Feb 2020 *

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