Task execution in multi-agent environments may require cooperation among agents. Given a set of agents and a set of tasks which they have to satisfy, we consider situations where ...
Coalition formation is a problem of great interest in AI, allowing groups of autonomous, individually rational agents to form stable teams. Automating the negotiations underlying ...
In this paper we present a model for coalition formation and payo distribution in general environments. We focus on a reduced complexity kernel-oriented coalition formation model,...
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...
The coalition formation process, in which a number of independent, autonomous agents come together to act as a collective, is an important form of interaction in multiagent system...