Incorporating Uncertainty in Agent Commitments

Abstract. Commitments play a central role in multi-agent coordination. However, they are inherently uncertain and it is important to take these uncertainties into account during planning and scheduling. This paper addresses the problem of handling the uncertainty in commitments. We propose a new model of commitment that incorporates the uncertainty, the use of contingency analysis to reduce the uncertainty, and a negotiation framework for handling commitments with uncertainty.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 1999
• Where: ATAL
• Authors: Ping Xuan, Victor R. Lesser
• Keywords: ATAL 1999, Central Role, Commitments, Intelligent Agents, Multi-agent Coordination