Real-time Coordination Of Multi-Agent Systems: An Integrated View

Real-time coordination in multi-agent systems have been studied from different perspectives of computation, communication and other aspects of coordination. Here in this position paper, we present an integrated view of coordination covering agent reasoning, message passing, resource management and negotiation. We argue for an integrated and comprehensive approach of “real-time coordination” in one unified model of coordination. Our position regarding realtime agent coordination would result in overall better understanding of real-time coordination and performance amelioration in MASs. We analyze current approaches and present an outline for an integrated and comprehensive view of“realtime coordination”.