Evolutionary synthesis of multi-agent systems for dynamic dial-a-ride problems
Author(s) -
Rinde R.S. van Lon,
Tom Holvoet,
Greet Vanden Berghe,
Tom Wenseleers,
Juergen Branke
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
lirias (ku leuven)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
DOI - 10.1145/2330784.2330832
Subject(s) - computer science , heuristic , genetic programming , multi agent system , genetic algorithm , selection (genetic algorithm) , distributed computing , dynamic programming , artificial intelligence , machine learning , algorithm
In dynamic dial-a-ride problems a fleet of vehicles need to handle transportation requests within time. We research how to create a decentralized multi-agent system that can solve the dynamic dial-a-ride problem. Normally multi-agent systems are hand designed for each specific application. In this paper we research the applicability of genetic programming to automatically program a multi-agent system that solves dial-a-ride problems. We evaluated the evolved system by running a number of simulations and compared it’s performance to a selection hyper-heuristic. The results shows that genetic programming can be a viable alternative to hand constructing multi-agent systems.status: publishe
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