The basic concept of DAI is presented in the paper, and several important problems in DPS system research such as problem decomposition, cooperation between agents and communications, using DPS method in power system and its future research are outlined.

• 介绍了分布式人工智能的一些基本概念，阐述了分布式问题求解系统研究领域中问题分解、多智能体通信、协作求解等若干重要内容，描述了几个应用于电力系统的分布式问题求解原型系统，分析了分布式问题求解系统在电力系统中应用的重要性和广阔的应用前景