A Comparison between Asynchronous Backtracking Pseudocode and its JADEL Implementation

Federico Bergenti, Eleonora Iotti, Stefania Monica, Agostino Poggi

2017

Abstract

In this paper, a comparison between the pseudocode of a well-known algorithm for solving distributed constraint satisfaction problems and the implementation of such an algorithm in JADEL is given. First, background and motivations behind JADEL development are illustrated. Then, we make a description of the problem and a brief introduction to JADEL. The core of this work consists in the translation of the algorithm pseudocode in JADEL code, which is described in details. Scope of the paper is to evaluate such a translation, in terms of closeness to pseudocode, complexity, amount of code written and performance.

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Bergenti F., Iotti E., Monica S. and Poggi A. (2017). A Comparison between Asynchronous Backtracking Pseudocode and its JADEL Implementation . In Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 2: ICAART, ISBN 978-989-758-220-2, pages 250-258. DOI: 10.5220/0006205902500258


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@conference{icaart17,
author={Federico Bergenti and Eleonora Iotti and Stefania Monica and Agostino Poggi},
title={A Comparison between Asynchronous Backtracking Pseudocode and its JADEL Implementation},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 2: ICAART,},
year={2017},
pages={250-258},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0006205902500258},
isbn={978-989-758-220-2},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 2: ICAART,
TI - A Comparison between Asynchronous Backtracking Pseudocode and its JADEL Implementation
SN - 978-989-758-220-2
AU - Bergenti F.
AU - Iotti E.
AU - Monica S.
AU - Poggi A.
PY - 2017
SP - 250
EP - 258
DO - 10.5220/0006205902500258