Agent-based decision support framework for asynchronous negotiation of resource transfer

Addresses an agent-based framework that supports decision making for resource transfer planning among distributed organizations. When resource transfer organizations, categorized into either supply or demand sites, form a temporary negotiation group on the network, negotiation-based commitment is necessary to reach mutual agreement. However, the negotiation process usually involves complicated procedures such as proposal, selection, reply, and cancellation. Furthermore, in asynchronous negotiation, it is quite difficult when to finalize the negotiation procedure under a self-interested environment. We investigate such a negotiation process and design a negotiation agent to support a human manager. We also apply our framework to a construction waste recycling problem and discuss the division of roles between a human manager and a negotiation agent