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Agro FOOD Industry Hi Tech - vol. 28(1) - January/February 2017
KEYWORDS: Distributed system, artificial intelligence, multi agent system, business intelligence.
Abstract
This paper examines a distributed artificial intelligence (AI) and multi-agent system (MAS). The data
mining (DM) method is proposed to deal with data processing. Integrating DM and MAS can lead to a
powerful visualization method for processing large and complex data sets, which represent the kind of easily-accessed information
about a business or organization. This method provides a solution for ubiquitous computing, accessing data, and disseminating
information to improve the BPs of BPM systems. The graphic representation of challenges and their appropriate solutions is significant in
the effective conceptualization of the business context. The modern architectures of a generic AI model and mining algorithms are
required for mining complex and large-scale data as well as for describing the various relevant aspects of BP, which in turn, can
facilitate the creation of AI systems and tools to maximize user capability. Results show that the use of a distributed AI and MAS in a
DM environment can improve the overall system performance.
Research on a distributed artificial
intelligence and multi-agent system
INTRODUCTION
With the rapid development of computer science and
technology, artificial intelligence (AI) technology has
been widely applied in various fields. Nowadays, issues
focusing on the theory, methods, and applications of AI
have also become increasingly common. The concept of
“artificial intelligence” has been employed since 1956,
and its promotion and application have achieved great
success so far. Today, it has become an extremely
important engineering technology, with applications in a
wide variety of fields, including automation control,
computer networks, electronic technology, information
engineering, and others. Google’s Alpha Go, an example
of AI technology, was first introduced via a game of Go; it
won 4-1 against a human, Lee Se-dol. Meanwhile, all kinds
of AI have emerged. The essence of this article is to study
the ethical status of AI by examining AI technology on the
basis of Marxist materialist dialectics and scientific
judgment (1–2).
For some, 2016 is considered the year at which the
vigorous development of AI occurred. Along with its
popularity, the ethical issues surrounding AI research at
home and abroad have also increased. On the basis of
previous studies, the author utilizes computer knowledge
and philosophy as well as objective and dialectical
analysis to examine ethical issues, analyze the reasons
behind these, and offer solutions. The author believes that
AI technology can benefit mankind and does not
negatively affect its development.
Computers were originally created to help people perform
simple and mechanical mathematical operations, saving
us a great deal of time and effort and allowing us to
perform other complex research. However, with the rapid
development of computer technology, we have placed
greater demands on these computers and designed more
functions for them to perform (3–5). Therefore, the
objective of AI research has always been to make
computers more “intelligent.” With the rapid development
of AI, computers now play indispensable roles in all
aspects of our lives and even in economic production.
Computers have ushered in a new intellectualized era and
have greatly promoted social development and human
civilization.
With the rapid development of application tools, such as
data mining (DM) and AI, the dramatic advances in data
capture, processing power, data transmission, and
storage capabilities enable organizations to integrate their
various databases into DW. “Data warehousing,” a
process of centralized data management and retrieval, is
a relatively new term, although the concept itself has
been around for years. Databases are typically used for
storing operational data that must remain up-to-date.
Moreover, DW technology, an application of AI, is widely
applied in various industries, and supports many AI
applications. However, DW technology not only demands
increased capacity, but also new methods, models,
techniques, or architectures to satisfy this era of modern
integrated emerging technologies. Therefore, DW
represents an ideal vision of maintaining a comprehensive
repository of all organizational data to maximize user
access and analysis as well large-scale data storage (6).
HUAYI YIN*, LIZHAO LIU, YING ZHONG
*Corresponding author
School of Computer and Information, Xiamen University of Technology, Xiamen, 361024, China