A MULTI-AGENT SYSTEM FOR MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SUPPORT 
OF REGIONAL INNOVATIONS

Masloboev Andrey V, Maria Langhans

doi:10.17586/2226-1494-2018-18-4-630-638

2018 , VOLUME 18, NUMBER 4 ( July-August )

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doi: 10.17586/2226-1494-2018-18-4-630-638

A MULTI-AGENT SYSTEM FOR MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SUPPORT OF REGIONAL INNOVATIONS

A. V. Masloboev, M. Langhans

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For citation: Masloboev A.V., Langhans M. A multi-agent system for management information support of regional innovations. Scientific and Technical Journal of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics, 2018, vol. 18, no. 4, pp. 630–638 (in English). doi: 10.17586/2226-1494-2018-18-4-630-638

Abstract

This paper presents development experience of architecture, principles of functioning, software engineering and modeling of multi-agent system for information support of regional business processes. The main purpose of the system is integration of distributed heterogeneous information resources and web-services devoted to innovations in the Internet. The system provides an automated search of potential business partners, an interactive innovation chains construction and selection thae most efficient of them. The necessity of system dynamics modeling methodology using in development of business processes support systems is discussed. Agent-based technologies are examined. Special attention is given to development of virtual business environment conceptual model. Our conceptual model is used as a basis for the system structure, algorithms, functionality and relationships between its main architectural components representation. Specifically, we show how to use the conceptual modeling methodology, system dynamics and multi-agent system technology in developing a multi-agent system for integration of distributed heterogeneous information resources and services devoted to innovations.

Keywords: multi-agent system, information support, management, innovation process, conceptual modeling

Acknowledgements. The work is sponsored by the Federal Agency of Scientific Organizations and the Russian Foundation for Basic Research under grant No. 18-07-00167-a.

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