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Variable Neighborhood Model for Agent Control Introducing Accessibility Relations Between Agents with Linear Temporal Logic
Seiki Ubukata*1, Tetsuya Murai*2, Yasuo Kudo*3,
and Seiki Akama*4
*1Department of Systems Innovation, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, 1-3 Machikaneyama-cho, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
*2Graduate School of Information Science and Technologies, Hokkaido University, Kita 14, Nishi 9, Kita-Ku, Sapporo 060-0814, Japan
*3College of Information and Systems, Muroran Institute of Technology, 27-1 Mizumoto, Muroran 050-8585, Japan
*4C-Republic, 1-20-1, Higashi-Yurigaoka, Asao-ku, Kawasaki-shi 215-0012, Japan
Received:January 31, 2014Accepted:May 26, 2014Published:November 20, 2014
Keywords:agent control, topological spaces, neighborhood systems, linear temporal logic, local properties of binary relations
Abstract
In general, there are two types of agents, reflex and deliberative. The former does not have the ability for deep planning that produces higher-level actions to attain goals cooperatively, which is the ability of the latter. Can we cause reflex agents to act as though they could plan their actions? In this paper, we propose a variable neighborhood model for reflex agent control, that allows such agents to create plans in order to attain their goals. The model consists of three layers: (1) topological space, (2) agent space, and (3) linear temporal logic. Agents with their neighborhoods move in a topological space, such as a plane, and in a cellular space. Then, a binary relation between agents is generated each time from the agents’ position and neighborhood. We call the pair composed of a set of agents and binary relations the agent space. In order to cause reflex agents to have the ability to attain goals superficially, we consider the local properties of the binary relation between agents. For example, if two agents have a symmetrical relation at the current time, they can struggle to maintain symmetry or they could abandon symmetry at the next time, depending on the context. Then, low-level behavior, that is, the maintenance or abandonment of the local properties of binary relations, grant reflex agents a method for selecting neighborhoods for the next time. As a result, such a sequence of low-level behavior generates seemingly higher-level actions, as though reflex agents could attain a goal with such actions. This low-level behavior is shown through simulation to generate the achievement of a given goal, such as cooperation and target pursuing.
Cite this article as:S. Ubukata, T. Murai, Y. Kudo, and S. Akama, “Variable Neighborhood Model for Agent Control Introducing Accessibility Relations Between Agents with Linear Temporal Logic,” J. Adv. Comput. Intell. Intell. Inform., Vol.18 No.6, pp. 937-945, 2014.Data files:
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