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The paper studies the possibility to use qualitative reasoning technology for improving behaviour of multi-agent systems. For this purpose, the twin-base communication model [Cao 97] is enriched to contain the state information (a tri-base model is defined) and it is combined with the idea of a super-agent. The super-agent exploring the qualitative reasoning methods acts as a global observer and state evaluator with limited reconfiguration rights. The impact and efficiency of the proposed approach are analysed.
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Mařík, V., Štěpánková, O., Lažanský, J. (1997). Role of qualitative reasoning in a multi-agent system. In: Pichler, F., Moreno-Díaz, R. (eds) Computer Aided Systems Theory — EUROCAST'97. EUROCAST 1997. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1333. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0025060
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