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We propose a self-organizing agent system to solve a scheduling problem. The proposed application takes into account various restrictions relative to Japanese university class scheduling in particular. A multiagent system of agents representing requirements of professors and departments are introduced. Scheduling is solved using a blackboard model and negotiation between these agents. Through a software simulation, we were able to show that our proposed method successfully applies the self-organizing nature of agents to solve the scheduling problem.
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Nunohiro, E., Mackin, K.J. (2003). Applying Self-Organizing Agents to University Class Scheduling. In: Palade, V., Howlett, R.J., Jain, L. (eds) Knowledge-Based Intelligent Information and Engineering Systems. KES 2003. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 2774. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-45226-3_192
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