Clustering methods for agent distribution optimization

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics Part C: Applications and Reviews

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 78-86

  Kubalík, Jiří ^a   Tichý, Pavel ^b   Šindelář, Radek ^a,b   Staron, Raymond J ^c  

^a CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^b Rockwell Automation sro   (Czech Republic)

^c ROCKWELL AUTOMATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Clustering; Evolutionary algorithms (EAs); Multiagent systems (MAS); Multiobjective optimization

Indexed keywords

AGENT DISTRIBUTION; CLUSTERING APPROACH; CLUSTERING METHODS; CLUSTERING PROBLEMS; COLLECTION OF AGENTS; EXECUTION UNITS; FORMAL DEFINITION; HIGH-QUALITY SOLUTIONS; INFERIOR QUALITY; INTRA-CLUSTER COMMUNICATION; ITERATIVE OPTIMIZATION; MULTI OBJECTIVE; MULTIAGENT SYSTEMS (MAS); MULTIOBJECTIVE CLUSTERING; OFFLINE; PROTOTYPE OPTIMIZATION; RUNTIMES; STATIC AGENTS;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; MESSAGE PASSING; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION;

CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS;

EID: 73049105698     PISSN: 10946977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSMCC.2009.2031093     Document Type: Article

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