Assistance Layer in a P2P Scenario

Abstract. Usually, MAS design and implementation involves a coordination model that structures agent interactions and an infrastructure in charge of enacting it. We propose the term Coordination Support to denote the services oered by this infrastructure. Such services can be grouped in dierent layers. We propose an additional Assistance layer devoted to assist coordination rather than just to enable it. This layer is illustrated by means of a Peer-to-Peer sharing network (P2P) scenario, so that the benets of our proposal can be empirically evaluated.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2009
• Where: ESAW
• Authors: Jordi Campos Miralles, Maite López-Sánchez, Marc Esteva
• Keywords: Additional Assistance Layer, Artificial Intelligence, Coordination Model, ESAW 2009, Term Coordination Support