| Article ID: | iaor20131922 |
| Volume: | 74 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Start Page Number: | 321 |
| End Page Number: | 324 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2013 |
| Journal: | Automation and Remote Control |
| Authors: | Sekaev V |
| Keywords: | optimization |
The feasibility of using agent’s type in solving a constrained optimization problem for a multi‐agent hierarchical system is analyzed. The existence of a threshold for agent’s type, as well as certain conditions of its incorporation into system’s goal function are established.