The idea of active networks has been emerged in recent years to increase the processing power inside the network. The intermediate nodes such as routers will be able to host mobile...
The Distributed Constraint Optimization Problem (DCOP) is a fundamental formalism for multi-agent cooperation. A dedicated framework called Resource Constrained DCOP (RCDCOP) has ...
Toshihiro Matsui, Marius Silaghi, Katsutoshi Hiray...
Abstract— This paper presents a decentralized negotiation protocol for cooperative economic scheduling in a supply chain environment. For this purpose we designed autonomous agen...
Supply chain formation presents difficult coordination issues for distributed negotiation protocols. Agents must simultaneously negotiate production relationships at multiple lev...
William E. Walsh, Michael P. Wellman, Fredrik Ygge
Distributed allocation mechanisms rely on the agents' autonomous (and supposedly rational) behaviour: states evolve as a result of agents contracting deals and exchanging res...