Colloquium Joris IJselmuiden

Op 22-08-2006 houdt Joris IJsselmuiden een afstudeercolloquium over Qualitative Decision Theory and Graph Rewriting in an Adaptive Diary Assistant .

Developing a multiagent system (MAS) is difficult due to numerous issues. We aim to define and discuss some of these. In particular, we are interested in multiagent learning and multiagent communication. As a case-study for the development of a MAS, we use an adaptive diary assistant that is run by a team of autonomous agents. Creating a useful application is only a secondary goal. It is the entire process from literature study to implementation that we are interested in, not the end product.

The two main techniques used for the development of this diary assistant are qualitative decision theory and graph rewriting. Qualitative decision theory provides us with a convenient architecture for the design, whereas graph rewriting is used for the implementation of the diary assistant. Besides defining and discussing the issues encountered during MAS development, we also explore and expand the possibilities of graph rewriting as a programming language for MAS.