Compensatory negotiation for agent-based project schedule coordination

Author

Kim, Keesoo ; Paulson, Boyd C., Jr. ; Petrie, Charles J., Jr. ; Lesser, Victor R.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Civil & Environ. Eng., Stanford Univ., CA, USA

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

405

Lastpage

406

Abstract

The paper presents a compensatory negotiation methodology for agent based project schedule coordination; a framework wherein a project can be rescheduled dynamically by all of the concerned project participants. The compensatory negotiation methodology is developed to allow agents to transfer utility to other agents for compensation of disadvantageous agreements through a multi linked negotiation process. The multi-agent system based on this negotiation methodology will allow software assistant agents to evaluate the impact of their changes and advise the human participants

Keywords

multi-agent systems; negotiation support systems; scheduling; software agents; agent based project schedule coordination; compensatory negotiation methodology; disadvantageous agreements; human participants; multi agent system; multi linked negotiation process; negotiation methodology; project participants; project rescheduling; software assistant agents; Costs; Electrical capacitance tomography; Humans; Information science; Multiagent systems; Protocols; Timing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

MultiAgent Systems, 2000. Proceedings. Fourth International Conference on

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

Print_ISBN

0-7695-0625-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICMAS.2000.858497

Filename

858497