A Case for Adaptation of the Distributed Environment Layout in Multiagent Applications

A multiagent application consists of an environment and a number of agents. The environment contains information that the agents use and manipulate to do their work. When a multiagent system is distributed over a number of different hosts (i.e. more than one execution platform is used), the environment has to be distributed as well. The distributed layout of the environment can influence the performance of agents and of the system