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Distributed Problem Solving

Distributed Problem Solving is a computational paradigm in which multiple autonomous agents collaboratively address a complex problem by decomposing it into subproblems, solving them concurrently, and integrating partial solutions through coordinated interaction, thereby distinguishing it from centralized or individual problem-solving approaches.

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The Contract Net Protocol: High-Level Communication and Control in a Distributed Problem Solver

Smith · IEEE Transactions on Computers · 1980 · 3.7K citations

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Collaborating: Finding Common Ground for Multiparty Problems

Robert Kramer, Barbara Gray · Academy of Management Review · 1990 · 2.7K citations

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Distributed Optimization by Ant Colonies

Alberto Colorni, Marco Dorigo, Vittorio Maniezzo et al. · 1992 · 2.6K citations · Full text

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Negotiation as a metaphor for distributed problem solving

Randall Davis, Reid G. Smith · Artificial Intelligence · 1983 · 1.2K citations · Full text

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The distributed constraint satisfaction problem: formalization and algorithms

Makoto Yokoo, Edmund H. Durfee, Toru Ishida et al. · IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering · 1998 · 648 citations

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Authors

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    Victor Lesser

    University of Massachusetts Amherst, United States

    36 publications · 3.5K citations

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  2. EH
    Edmund H. Durfee

    University of Michigan, United States

    23 publications · 2.5K citations

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  3. MY
    Makoto Yokoo

    Kyushu University, Japan

    16 publications · 1.9K citations

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  4. SM
    Shaoshuai Mou

    Purdue University West Lafayette, United States

    10 publications · 641 citations

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  5. DD
    Daniel D. Corkill

    University of Massachusetts Amherst, United States

    10 publications · 1.6K citations

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Institutions

411

  1. University of Massachusetts Amherst

    Amherst Center, United States

    25 h-index

    59 publications

    6.2K citations

  2. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    18 h-index

    33 publications

    3.2K citations

  3. University of Southern California

    Los Angeles, United States

    12 h-index

    23 publications

    1.6K citations

  4. Carnegie Mellon University

    Pittsburgh, United States

    12 h-index

    33 publications

    3.9K citations

  5. NTT (Japan)

    Tokyo, Japan

    10 h-index

    15 publications

    3.1K citations

  6. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    9 h-index

    14 publications

    3.1K citations

  7. Purdue University West Lafayette

    West Lafayette, United States

    9 h-index

    18 publications

    826 citations

  8. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    8 h-index

    15 publications

    594 citations

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  1. IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics

    15 publications · 2.2K citations

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  2. arXiv (Cornell University)

    Repository · 9 publications · 157 citations

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  4. AI Magazine

    7 publications · 397 citations

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  5. International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence

    Conference · 6 publications · 533 citations

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