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An Extended Multi-Agent Negotiation Protocol

Aknine, Samir; Pinson, Suzanne; Shakun, Melvin (2004), An Extended Multi-Agent Negotiation Protocol, Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, 8, 1, p. 5-45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/B:AGNT.0000009409.19387.f8

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Article accepté pour publication ou publié
Date
2004
Journal name
Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems
Volume
8
Number
1
Publisher
Springer Verlag
Pages
5-45
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Author(s)
Aknine, Samir
Pinson, Suzanne
Shakun, Melvin
Abstract (EN)
his article presents a task allocation protocol that is efficient in time and tolerates crash failures in multi-agent systems. The protocol is an extension of the negotiation protocol defined by Smith and Davis [25, 26] for task allocation. Our extension of the Contract Net Protocol (1) enables an agent to manage several negotiation processes in parallel; (2) optimizes the length of the negotiation processes among agents; (3) reduces the contractors' decommitment situations; (4) enables the detection of failures of an agent participating in a negotiation process and prevents a negotiation process with blocked agents.
Subjects / Keywords
Negotiation protocol; Contract net protocol; Multi-agent systems