Title :
A Novel Cooperation Model: Contract-net Model based on Cooperative Scoring
Author :
Li, Munan ; Peng, Hong
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., South China Univ., Guangzhou
Abstract :
In the light of the analysis of CNM (contract net model), this paper brought forward an improved solution based on cooperative scoring. First, we attributed the motives of cooperation to the pursuit of the cooperative scores (credit score and task score). Second, the cooperation behavior was turned into multi-objective optimization decision for single agent. Third, the stress of cooperation support was changed into keeping the balance of creditable agents and utilitarian agents. We called this novel model as CS-CNM (contract net model based on cooperative scoring). By means of the simulation, this model shows moderate adaptability, which is meaningful and helpful for complex applications in the situations of self-interested agent
Keywords :
multi-agent systems; optimisation; contract-net model; cooperative scoring; credit score; creditable agent; multiagent system; multiobjective optimization; task score; utilitarian agent; Collaboration; Collaborative work; Computer science; Delay; Design engineering; Environmental economics; Forward contracts; Multiagent systems; Stress; Contract net model; Cooperative Scoring; Multi-agent system;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design, 2006. CSCWD '06. 10th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Nanjing
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0164-X
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-0165-8
DOI :
10.1109/CSCWD.2006.253053