Figure 1 shows an example where the resource has over-committed capacity. Densities detect over-commitment on a resource. The agent does not have to change any commitments that it made previously. It only tightens the constraints on individual jobs. Without that flexibility, the agents would have been forced to renegotiate new commitments.
Resource adjusts commitment windows to resolve overcommitment.
It can be applied to any problem that involves allocating resources across time, such as work flow management, personal calendar management, or logistical planning. Availability DESK is patented as Density-Based Emergent Scheduling System, US patent no. 5,953,229, and is available for licensing by potential users and OEM s. Papers ANTS in the Supply Chain Computer agent based systems provide a natural mechanism to reflect real world human agent based systems. Supply chains are networks of corporations involving multiple human agents in connected but disparate processes. In ANTS large populations of simple agents exhibit robust behavior in scheduling supply chains.