Supervision in synthesis of agents cooperation

Abstract

The discrete-event systems (DES) modularity and supervision are utilized at synthesis of the agents cooperation. The agents are understood to be (DES) modules. They are described by place/transition Petri-nets (P/T PN) [5]. A desired strategy of the agents behavior during the co-operation is expressed by conditions for synthesizing the DES supervisor. Then the strategy is forced on agents. Such a procedure can be utilized step-by-step also at the synthesis of more complex structures of co-operating modules (groups of agents) in order to achieve a prescribed behaviour of the global structure. The approach is illustrated by examples.