A formal approach for designing distributed expert problem-solving systems

Prabuddha De; Varghese S. Jacob; Ramakrishnan Pakath

doi:10.1287/isre.4.2.141

A formal approach for designing distributed expert problem-solving systems

Prabuddha De, Varghese S. Jacob, Ramakrishnan Pakath

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In this paper, we consider the problem of generating effective information-gathering, communication, and decision-making (ICD) strategies for a distributed expert problem-solving (DEPS) system. We focus on the special case of a dual-processor DEPS system and present a decision-theoretic model that enables the characterization of feasible, efficient, and optimal ICD strategies. In view of the tremendous amount of computing needed to generate optimal strategies for problems of practical size, we develop useful heuristic procedures for constructing high-quality efficient ICD strategies. We illustrate the use of the model and the solution procedure through an example.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	141-165
Number of pages	25
Journal	Information Systems Research
Volume	4
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1287/isre.4.2.141
State	Published - 1993

Keywords

Computational complexity
Distributed problem solving
Economic decision theory
Expert systems
Information-gathering, communication, and decision-making strategies

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Management Information Systems
Information Systems
Computer Networks and Communications
Information Systems and Management
Library and Information Sciences

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