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AI
2006
Springer
14 years 9 months ago
Complexity of constructing solutions in the core based on synergies among coalitions
Coalition formation is a key problem in automated negotiation among self-interested agents, and other multiagent applications. A coalition of agents can sometimes accomplish thing...
Vincent Conitzer, Tuomas Sandholm
HICSS
2003
IEEE
138views Biometrics» more  HICSS 2003»
15 years 3 months ago
A Single Buyer-Single Supplier Bargaining Problem with Asymmetric Information - Theoretical Approach and Software Implementation
This paper is focused on the coordination of order and production policy between buyers and suppliers in supply chains. When a buyer and a supplier of an item work independently, ...
Eric Sucky
WDAG
1990
Springer
80views Algorithms» more  WDAG 1990»
15 years 1 months ago
Tight Bounds on the Round Complexity of Distributed 1-Solvable Tasks
A distributed task T is 1-solvable if there exists a protocol that solves it in the presence of (at most) one crash failure. A precise characterization of the 1-solvable tasks was...
Ofer Biran, Shlomo Moran, Shmuel Zaks
ATAL
2006
Springer
15 years 1 months ago
Gradient field-based task assignment in an AGV transportation system
Assigning tasks to agents is complex, especially in highly dynamic environments. Typical protocol-based approaches for task assignment such as Contract Net have proven their value...
Danny Weyns, Nelis Boucké, Tom Holvoet
AI
2008
Springer
14 years 10 months ago
Alternating-offers bargaining with one-sided uncertain deadlines: an efficient algorithm
In the arena of automated negotiations we focus on the principal negotiation protocol in bilateral settings, i.e. the alternatingoffers protocol. In the scientific community it is...
Nicola Gatti, Francesco Di Giunta, Stefano Marino