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Fig. 5.9
The efficiency
E
f
of the realization of 400 tasks by a group of 20 robots
the best result of the efficiency of the system operation (from all variants previously
discussed).
5.1.5 Summary
The above approach, based on the concept of agents operating in cyberspace, allows
for decentralized realization of complex systems intended for the mobile robot man-
agement in real-space. Systems created in this way are flexible in operation due to
the fact that the agent is treated as a robot in cyberspace and a classic mobile robot
as a tool in real-space.
As was presented (Sect.
5.1.2
), the agent (robot) in cyberspace may replace a tool
it manages (classic robot from real-space) with the one more appropriate for the
realization of the task. Here, we deal with the adjustment of causative possibilities
of the agent (robot) in cyberspace to the needs of the task realized in real-space.
On the other hand, the agent (robot) acting in cyberspace may hand over the
management of a given classic robot from real-space to another agent that is more
specialised for the realization of a specific task (Sect.
5.1.2
). It allows for the flexible
adjustment of algorithms to the type of tasks to realize.
5.2 Agents in Service-Oriented Systems (SOA)
This chapter includes solutions concerning the application of agents in cooperation
with servers in the systems using the client-server cooperation on the basis of Ser-
vice Oriented Architecture (SOA). These systems, based on the concept of stateless
service, have wide application in advanced processing of information in computer
networks. However, certain accepted assumptions have some serious limitations for
these systems, which may be avoided to some extent by using the concept of the agent.
