Automated Service Negotiation Between Autonomous Computational Agents

摘要: Multi-agent systems are a new computational approach for solving real world, dynamic and open system problems. Problems conceptualized as collection of decentralised autonomous agents that collaborate to reach the overall solution. Because autonomy, their limited rationality, distributed nature most world problems, key issue in multi-agent research is how model interactions between agents. Negotiation models have emerged suitable candidates solve this interaction problem due nature, emphasis on mutual selection an action, prevalence negotiation social systems. The central addressed thesis design engineering sharing tasks and/or resources. To protocol set deliberation mechanisms presented which together coordinate actions multiple agent system. In more detail, constrains action through use normative rules interaction. These temporally order, according agents’ roles, communication utterances by specifying both who can say what, well when. Specifically, repeated, sequential where offers iteratively exchanged. Under protocol, assumed be fully committed private two distributed, symmetric, supports bi distributive integrative negotiation. addition coordinating rules, process during ongoing Whereas normatively describes orderings actions, describe possible strategies using protocol. captured architecture composed responsive deliberative decision mechanisms. Decision making with former mechanism based linear combination simple functions called tactics, manipulate utility deals. latter subdivided into trade-off manipulation generates value, rather than utility, offer. manipu-