HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURE OF A MULTI-AGENT SYSTEM

Abstract

Background. Improving the efficiency of data collection and processing is necessary to ensure guaranteed trouble-free operation of information-measuring and control systems. In this case, we are talking about the automation of data collection and processing processes, the most reliable data storage, guaranteed constant access to them, and the ability to quickly adapt information-measuring and control systems to changing environmental requirements. Materials and methods. The article considers the solution to the problem of ensuring the efficiency of synergetic informationmeasuring and control systems. A block diagram of a synergetic information-measuring and control system based on multi-agent technologies has been developed and a decomposition of goals has been given. For a heterogeneous group of unmanned aerial vehicles involved in search and rescue operations in an emergency zone, control algorithms based on the use of a synergistic effect are proposed. It is shown that the synergistic effect lies in the joint interaction of diverse unmanned aerial vehicles of a heterogeneous group. Calculations are given and graphs are constructed illustrating the operation of a heterogeneous group of unmanned aircraft in normal mode and when one of the unmanned aircraft fails. It is proved that due to the synergistic effect, the group is able to complete the task. Results. The use of a synergistic approach in information-measuring and control systems based on the intelligent interaction of agents of a multi-agent system makes it possible to maintain the efficiency of search and rescue operations in the event of an unmanned aircraft failure due to the non-linear component of efficiency arising from the synergistic effect in the system. Conclusions. The structural-functional model of the proposed synergistic information-measuring and control system is characterized by a set of structural elements and their functional purpose inherent in most modern information-measuring and control systems, which makes it invariant with respect to the field of application. The use of the proposed synergistic informationmeasuring and control system for controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle in an emergency allows you to optimize resources due to the synergistic effect and achieve your goal even if the agent fails, as it is recoverable and remains operational when the agent fails.

Keywords

• intelligent information-measuring and control system
• multi-agent system
• emergency
• unmanned aerial vehicle