In a distributed multiagent negotiation involving multiple issues, it is often desirable to finalize dealsonly whenall related issues are resolved. Wepresent a quiescence detectio...
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...
In automated negotiation systems consisting of self-interested agents, contracts have traditionally been binding. Leveled commitment contracts--i.e., contracts where each party ca...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
Sanjeev Kumar, Philip R. Cohen, Hector J. Levesque
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 ...