Decentralized coordination of resource usage in multi-agent systems

摘要

Systems and methods operable on a network to coordinate resource utilization amongst agents in a multi-agent systems in a decentralized manner. In one embodiment, this includes interconnected agents that circulate coordination keys amongst coordination group members. The coordination key includes information defining the coordination group, resources coordinated by group members, and information about scheduled resource utilization. In some embodiments, each agent in a coordination group determines its local schedule of resource utilization based on information in the coordination key to achieve its local goals while coordinating with other agents to achieve coordination group goals.