Multi-agent Solution for ‘8 Queens’ Puzzle

Ivan Babanin, Ivan Pustovoj, Elena Kleimenova, Sergey Kozhevnikov, Elena Simonova, Petr Skobelev, Alexander Tsarev

2012

Abstract

The problem of 8 Queens is one of the most well-known combinatorial problems. In this article multi-agent evolutionary-based solution for ‘8 Queens’ problem is proposed. In the multi-agent solution each Queen (or other chess-man) gets a software agent that uses a 'trial-and-error' method in asynchronous and parallel decision making on selecting new position for queens. As the result the solution is found in distributed manner without main control center that provides a number of benefits, for example, introducing new types of chess-man or changing constraints in real time. Two main strategies of Queen’s decision making process has been considered and compared in experiments: random generation of the next move and conflict-solving negotiations between the agents. Experiments’ results show significant acceleration of the decision making process in case of negotiation-based strategy. This solution was developed for training course for students of Computer Science as a methodical basis for designing swarm-based multi-agent systems for solving such complex problems as resource allocation and scheduling, pattern recognition or text understanding.

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Babanin I., Pustovoj I., Kleimenova E., Kozhevnikov S., Simonova E., Skobelev P. and Tsarev A. (2012). Multi-agent Solution for ‘8 Queens’ Puzzle . In Proceedings of the 4th International Joint Conference on Computational Intelligence - Volume 1: ECTA, (IJCCI 2012) ISBN 978-989-8565-33-4, pages 278-281. DOI: 10.5220/0004148502780281


in Bibtex Style

@conference{ecta12,
author={Ivan Babanin and Ivan Pustovoj and Elena Kleimenova and Sergey Kozhevnikov and Elena Simonova and Petr Skobelev and Alexander Tsarev},
title={Multi-agent Solution for ‘8 Queens’ Puzzle},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 4th International Joint Conference on Computational Intelligence - Volume 1: ECTA, (IJCCI 2012)},
year={2012},
pages={278-281},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0004148502780281},
isbn={978-989-8565-33-4},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 4th International Joint Conference on Computational Intelligence - Volume 1: ECTA, (IJCCI 2012)
TI - Multi-agent Solution for ‘8 Queens’ Puzzle
SN - 978-989-8565-33-4
AU - Babanin I.
AU - Pustovoj I.
AU - Kleimenova E.
AU - Kozhevnikov S.
AU - Simonova E.
AU - Skobelev P.
AU - Tsarev A.
PY - 2012
SP - 278
EP - 281
DO - 10.5220/0004148502780281