ICMAS
2000
13 years 5 months ago
2000
In a distributed multiagent negotiation involving multiple issues, it is often desirable to finalize dealsonly whenall related issues are resolved. Wepresent a quiescence detectio...
ICMAS
2000
13 years 5 months ago
2000
This paper describes a multiagent variant of Dyna-Q called M-Dyna-Q. Dyna-Q is an integrated single-agent framework for planning, reacting, and learning. Like DynaQ, M-Dyna-Q empl...
ICMAS
2000
13 years 5 months ago
2000
In automated negotiation systems consisting of self-interested agents, contracts have traditionally been binding. Leveled commitment contracts--i.e., contracts where each party ca...
ICMAS
2000
13 years 5 months ago
2000
Safe exchange is a key issue in multiagent systems, especially in electronic transactions where nondelivery is a major problem. In this paper we present a unified framework for mo...
ICMAS
2000
13 years 5 months ago
2000
ICMAS
2000
13 years 5 months ago
2000
Multi-agent systems exploiting case based reasoning techniques have to deal with the problem of retrieving episodes that are themselves distributed across a set of agents. From a ...
ICMAS
2000
13 years 5 months ago
2000
This paper describes an analysis of benevolent agents in multiagent systems (MAS). We first present a definition and motivation for benevolence that is appropriate for MAS. We the...
ICMAS
2000
13 years 5 months ago
2000
ICMAS
2000
13 years 5 months ago
2000
Brokers are used in many multi-agent systems for locating agents, for routing and sharing information, for managing the system, and for legal purposes, as independent third partie...
ICMAS
2000
13 years 5 months ago
2000
We present an auction-based approach to manufacturing control. Workpieces auction off their current task, while machines bid for tasks. When awarding a machine, a workpiece takes ...