Negotiation decision functions for autonomous agents：（协商决定自主代理功能）.pdfVIP

Negotiation Decision Functions for Autonomous Agents Peyman Faratin Carles Sierra Nick R Jennings Dept Electronic Engineering Queen Mary and Westeld Col lege University of London London E NS UK fPFaratinCASierraNRJennings g qmwacuk Abstract We present a formal mo del of negotiation b etween autonomous agents The pur p ose of the negotiation is to reach an agreement ab out the provision of a service by one agent for another The mo del denes a range of strategies and tactics that agents can employ to generate initial oers evaluate prop osals and oer counter prop osals The mo del is based on computationally tractable assumptions demonstrated in the domain of business pro cess management and empirically evaluated Keywords Multiagent systems Negotiation Business Pro cess Management Intro duction Autonomous agents are being increasingly used in a wide range of industrial and commercial domains These agents have a high degree of self determi nation they decide for themselves what when and under what conditions their actions should be performed In most cases such agents need to inter act with other autonomous agents to achieve their objectives either because they do not have sucient capabilities or resources to completetheir problem solving alone or because there are interdependenciesbetween the agents The objectivesof theseinteractionsare to makeother agentsundertakea particular course of action eg perform a particular service modifya planned course of action egdelayor bring forward a particularaction so that thereisno longer a conict or come to an agreement on a common course of action Since the On sabbatical leave from Articial Intelligence Research InstituteI I IA Span ish Council for Scientic ResearchCSIC Bellaterra Barcelona Spain sierraiiiacsices With the sup