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cooperative c-marking agents for the foraging problem

Authors:
Zedadra Ouarda
Jouandeau Nicolas
Seridi Hamid

Keywords: reactive agents; foraging task; digital pheromone; APF construction

Abstract:
We consider the problem of foraging with multiple agents, in which agents must collect disseminate resources in an unknown and complex environment. So far, reactive multi-agent systems have been proposed, where agents can perform simultaneously exploration and path planning. In this work, we aim to decrease exploration and foraging time by increasing the level of cooperation between agents; to this end, we present in this paper a novel pheromone modeling in which pheromone’s propagation and evaporation are managed by agents. As in c-marking agents, our agents are provided with very limited perceptions, and they can mark their environment. Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed model outperforms the c-marking agent-based systems in a foraging mission.

Pages: 158 to 163

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2012

Publication date: November 18, 2012

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4537

ISBN: 978-1-61208-234-9

Location: Lisbon, Portugal

Dates: from November 18, 2012 to November 23, 2012