How to build a MSBN by multiple developers?
How to ensure system coherence without disclosing structure and distribution of individual subnets?
It is possible if
- the interface of each subnet renders it conditionally independent of others; and
- adjacent agents agree on an initial belief of their interface.
Solution [Xiang, AI96]:
- A single integrater with the knowledge of agents interface puts agents into a hypertree.
- Agents negotiate to achieve initial belief on interface.