Polymorphic self-* agents for stigmergic fault mitigation in large-scale real-time embedded systems

@article{Messie2005PolymorphicSA,
  title={Polymorphic self-* agents for stigmergic fault mitigation in large-scale real-time embedded systems},
  author={Derek Messie and Jae C. Oh},
  journal={ArXiv},
  year={2005},
  volume={abs/cs/0508032}
}
Organization and coordination of agents within large-scale, complex, distributed environments is one of the primary challenges in the field of multi-agent systems. A lot of interest has surfaced recently around self-* (self-organizing, self-managing, self-optimizing, self-protecting) agents. This paper presents polymorphic self-* agents that evolve a core set of roles and behavior based on environmental cues. The agents adapt these roles based on the changing demands of the environment, and are… 
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