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This contribution defines a metrics and proposes a solution for the problem of agents inaccessibility in multi-agent systems. We define the stand-in pattern for knowledge maintenance and remote presence in distributed agent systems with communication inaccessibility. Our implementation has been designed and tested in the A-globe agent platform. We also present a set of measurements quantifying agents’ inaccessibility in our domain and comparing the usefulness of different solution in the environments with different inaccessibility.
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Rehák, M., Pěchouček, M., Tožička, J., Šišlák, D. (2005). Using Stand-in Agents in Partially Accessible Multi-agent Environment. In: Gleizes, MP., Omicini, A., Zambonelli, F. (eds) Engineering Societies in the Agents World V. ESAW 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 3451. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11423355_20
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