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ATAL
2004
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
Flexible Agent Dialogue Strategies and Societal Communication Protocols
We propose an argumentation-based framework for representing communication theories of agents that can take into account dialogue strategies and society protocols in a way that fa...
Antonis C. Kakas, Nicolas Maudet, Pavlos Moraitis
ATAL
2004
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
Automated Multi-Attribute Negotiation with Efficient Use of Incomplete Preference Information
This paper presents a model for integrative, one-to-one negotiation in which the values across multiple attributes are negotiated simultaneously. We model a mechanism in which age...
Catholijn M. Jonker, Valentin Robu
ATAL
2004
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
Decentralized Resource Control for Multi-Agent Systems
In an open system, multi-agent computations must compete for resources required for satisfying their goals. We describe CyberOrgs, a hierarchical model for acquisition and control...
Nadeem Jamali, Indratmo, Xinghui Zhao, Gul Agha
ATAL
2004
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
A Combinatorial Auction Protocol among Versatile Experts and Amateurs
Auctions have become an integral part of electronic commerce and a promising field for applying multi-agent technologies. Correctly judging the quality of auctioned items is ofte...
Takayuki Ito, Makoto Yokoo, Shigeo Matsubara
ATAL
2004
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
Effectiveness of Query Types and Policies for Preference Elicitation in Combinatorial Auctions
Combinatorial auctions, where agents can bid on bundles of items (resources, tasks, etc.), are desirable because the agents can express complementarity and substitutability among ...
Benoît Hudson, Tuomas Sandholm
ATAL
2004
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
A Case Study of Organizational Effects in a Distributed Sensor Network
We describe how a system employing different types of organizational techniques addresses the challenges posed by a large-scale distributed sensor network environment. The high-le...
Bryan Horling, Roger Mailler, Victor R. Lesser
ATAL
2004
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
Framework to Control Emergent Survivability of Multi Agent Systems
As the science of multi-agent systems matures, many developers are looking to deploy mission critical applications on distributed multi-agent systems (DMAS). Due to their distribu...
Aaron Helsinger, Karl Kleinmann, Marshall Brinn
ATAL
2004
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
Self-Organising, Open and Cooperative P2P Societies - From Tags to Networks
For Peer-2-Peer (P2P) networks to realize their full potential their nodes need to coordinate and cooperate, to improve the performance of the network as a whole. But this requires...
David Hales
ATAL
2004
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
Towards a Formal Approach to Overhearing: Algorithms for Conversation Identification
Overhearing is gaining attention as a generic method for cooperative monitoring of distributed, open, multiagent systems. It involves monitoring the routine conversations of agent...
Gery Gutnik, Gal A. Kaminka
ATAL
2004
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
A Scalable Petri Net Representation of Interaction Protocols for Overhearing
In open distributed multi-agent systems, agents often coordinate using standardized agent communications. Thus, representing agent conversations is an important aspect of multi-age...
Gery Gutnik, Gal A. Kaminka