ALADDIN: Research into Multi-Agent Solutions for Decentralised Information Systems

Abstract : ALADDIN (Autonomous Learning Agents for Distributed and Decentralised Information Networks - http://www.aladdinproject.org/) is a five year partnership between industry and academia to develop methods and techniques for decentralised information systems. Currently in its fourth year, its aim is to use autonomous software agents to address challenges of situational awareness, inference and co-ordination in decentralised systems. To this end, this paper outlines the primary goals of ALADDIN and reviews the work undertaken up to the current time in the context of information exploitation.