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Negotiation in multi-agent systems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 1999

Martin Beer ,
Mark d'Inverno ,
Michael Luck ,
Nick Jennings ,
Chris Preist  and
Michael Schroeder
Martin Beer
Affiliation:
Department of Computer Science, Liverpool University, UK
Mark d'Inverno
Affiliation:
Cavendish School of Computer Science, University of Westminster, UK
Michael Luck
Affiliation:
Department of Computer Science, University of Warwick, UK
Nick Jennings
Affiliation:
Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London, UK
Chris Preist
Affiliation:
Agent Technology Group, Hewlett Packard Labs, Bristol, UK
Michael Schroeder
Affiliation:
Department of Computer Science, City University, UK
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Abstract

In systems composed of multiple autonomous agents, negotiation is a key form of interaction that enables groups of agents to arrive at a mutual agreement regarding some belief, goal or plan, for example. Particularly because the agents are autonomous and cannot be assumed to be benevolent, agents must influence others to convince them to act in certain ways, and negotiation is thus critical for managing such inter-agent dependencies. The process of negotiation may be of many different forms, such as auctions, protocols in the style of the contract net, and argumentation, but it is unclear just how sophisticated the agents or the protocols for interaction must be for successful negotiation in different contexts. All these issues were raised in the panel session on negotiation.

Type
Brief Report
Information
The Knowledge Engineering Review , Volume 14 , Issue 3 , September 1999 , pp. 285 - 289
Copyright
© 1999 Cambridge University Press

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Footnotes

This report is the result of a panel discussion at the Workshop of the UK Special Interest Group on Multi-Agent Systems (UKMAS'98). All members of the panel are authors, listed alphabetically.