Service-driven negotiation for autonomous software agents in robotics-oriented multi-agent systems

In this paper we introduce a robotics-oriented negotiation protocol for service-driven autonomous software agents to employ while attempting to reach an agreement. We assume that agents, while acquiring a service in robotic context, reason more about their decisions if they are unable to receive a sufficient feedback from the interacted entity. Therefore, the goal of this protocol is to minimize agents´ reasoning time by widening the often applied approach of alternating sequential offers. This protocol plays part of a robotics-oriented negotiation model that consists of three layers. These layers are: the negotiation protocol agents apply while performing service-driven interactions, the tactics agents employ to plan their unions, and the strategies they adopt to maximize their benefits. However, here we focus only on the first layer.