A QUOTA-BASED MULTI-AGENT NEGOTIATION PROTOCOL FOR COMPLEX CONTRACTS

Fabian Lang, Andreas Fink

2012

Abstract

Automated negotiation is regarded as an essential method for the coordination of software agents. However, without adequate protocols, negotiations are susceptible to malicious and strategic behavior of the agents – especially when interdependencies of contract items lead to complex contract spaces. In this study, we propose a mediator-based protocol employing acceptance quotas to ensure cooperative behavior in inter-organizational systems. Furthermore, we evaluate three potential extensions to the basic protocol. We have conducted simulation experiments for evaluation which show that the proposed protocol can ensure an effective welfare performance and that the proposed extensions can result in a further improvement of the basic protocol.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Lang F. and Fink A. (2012). A QUOTA-BASED MULTI-AGENT NEGOTIATION PROTOCOL FOR COMPLEX CONTRACTS . In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 2: ICAART, ISBN 978-989-8425-96-6, pages 113-118. DOI: 10.5220/0003717501130118

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icaart12,
author={Fabian Lang and Andreas Fink},
title={A QUOTA-BASED MULTI-AGENT NEGOTIATION PROTOCOL FOR COMPLEX CONTRACTS},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 2: ICAART,},
year={2012},
pages={113-118},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003717501130118},
isbn={978-989-8425-96-6},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 2: ICAART,
TI - A QUOTA-BASED MULTI-AGENT NEGOTIATION PROTOCOL FOR COMPLEX CONTRACTS
SN - 978-989-8425-96-6
AU - Lang F.
AU - Fink A.
PY - 2012
SP - 113
EP - 118
DO - 10.5220/0003717501130118