A Collaborative Solving Algorithm for Dynamic Distributed Constraint Optimization Problem
GE Fang-Zhen1,2,WEI Zhen1,LU Yang1,QIU Shu-Wei1,LI Li-Xiang3
1.School of Computer and Information,Hefei University of Technology,Hefei 230009 2.School of Computer Science and Technology,Huaibei Normal University,Huaibei 235000 3.Information Security Center,Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications,Beijing 100876
Abstract：A large number of problems in the multiagent collaboration process can be modeled under the framework of distributed constraint optimization problem (DCOP). However,DCOP framework is limited to the issue of planning,and the agents in DCOP generally require a complete and accurate reward function. To resolve this issue,a dynamic distributed constraint optimization problem (DDCOP) is defined,and DDCOP′s crucial operations,exploration and exploitation,are analyzed. Furthermore,a chaotic ant based collaborative solving algorithm for dynamic distributed constraint optimization problem (CA-DDCOP) is proposed. The CA-DDCOP algorithm is established based on chaotic behavior of a single ant and self-organizing behavior of ant colony,thereby the exploration and exploitation are realized. The proposed algorithm achieves the collaboration of exploration and exploitation according to the Boltzmann distribution. Then a channel allocation in multi-radio multi-channel Ad Hoc networks is solved by the CA-DDCOP algorithm. The simulation results show that the CA-DDCOP algorithm performs effectively.
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