Reaching diagnostic agreement in Multi-Agent DiagnosisMulti-Agent Diagnosis Agreement • September 17th, 2007
We consider the problem of finding a commonly agreed upon diagnosis for errors observed in a system monitored by a number of different agents. Each agent is assumed to have its own specialized (expert) view on the system. Col- lectively, the agents have to agree on one or more diagnoses based on their views. Reaching an agreement is complicated by the fact that the knowledge of different specialists need not always be correct.
Reaching diagnostic agreement in Multi-Agent DiagnosisMulti-Agent Diagnosis Agreement • October 31st, 2004
We consider the problem of finding a commonly agreed upon diagnosis for errors observed in a system monitored by a number of different expert agents. Each agent is as- sumed to have its own specialized (expert) view on the sys- tem and collectively, the agents have to agree on one or more diagnoses based on their views. Reaching an agree- ment is complicated by the two factors: (i) different spe- cialisms need not distinguish the same fault modes of a com- ponent and (ii) knowledge of different specialisms need not be correct in some cases. This paper analyzes these prob- lems and presents protocols that enable the agents to deal with these issues.
Reaching diagnostic agreement in Multi-Agent DiagnosisMulti-Agent Diagnosis Agreement • April 27th, 2004
The diagnosis of multiple agents If there is a need for using multiple diagnostic agents, an important question is whether we loose information using a multi agent approach with respect to a single agent approach. To answer this ques- tions we assume there are no principal conflicts between the knowledge of the different agents; i.e. there always ex- ists a diagnosis D such that: D Sd Cxt Obs is con- sistent. We need this assumption because single agent diag- nosis requires consistent knowledge.
