Title :
Negotiation and conflict resolution within a community of cooperative agents
Author :
Oliveira, Eugénia ; Mouta, Fernando ; Rocha, Ana Paula
Author_Institution :
Fac. de Engenharia, Porto Univ., Portugal
Abstract :
UPShell, a tool for building up coarse grain semiautonomous cooperating agents (which are expert systems) is presented. Negotiation and conflict resolution protocols have been integrated into the agents, whose architecture is also presented. Several basic functionalities dealing with task scheduling as well as cooperation policies are briefly specified. A realistic scenario, involving a sophisticated electricity distribution network management application, is presented to illustrate the concepts and tool features
Keywords :
cooperative systems; distribution networks; expert systems; load management; power system computer control; UPShell; coarse grain semiautonomous cooperating agents; conflict resolution; cooperative agents; electricity distribution network management; expert systems; negotiation; task scheduling; Communication system control; Cooperative systems; Energy management; Expert systems; Intelligent agent; Intelligent systems; Job shop scheduling; Knowledge based systems; Multiagent systems; Protocols;
Conference_Titel :
Autonomous Decentralized Systems, 1993. Proceedings. ISADS 93., International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Kawasaki
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-3125-2
DOI :
10.1109/ISADS.1993.262674
