stigLD: Stigmergic Coordination in Linked Systems

While current Semantic Web technologies are well-suited for data publication and integration, the design deployment of dynamic, autonomous long-lived multi-agent systems (MAS) on is still in its infancy. Following vision hypermedia MAS Linked Systems, we propose to use a value-passing fragment Milner’s Calculus formally specify generic hypermedia-driven behaviour Data agents as their embedding environment. We specifically interested agent coordination mechanisms based stigmergic principles. When considering transient marker-based stigmergy, identify necessity generating server-side effects during handling safe idempotent agent-initiated resource requests. This choice oftentimes contested with an imprecise interpretation HTTP semantics, or rejecting environments first-class abstractions MAS. Based our observations, present domain model SPARQL function library facilitating implementation between Web. demonstrate efficacy modelling approach Make-to-Order fulfilment scenario involving stigmergy negative feedback well by solving problem instance from (time constrained) Trucks World presented fifth International Planning Competition.