Multi-agent coalition via autonomous price negotiation in a real-time Web environment

Author

Hoong Chuin LAU, Singapore Management UniversityFollow
Wei Sian LIM, National University of Singapore

Publication Type

Conference Proceeding Article

Version

acceptedVersion

Publication Date

10-2003

Abstract

In e-marketplaces, customers specify job requests in real-time and agents form coalitions to service them. This paper proposes a protocol for self-interested agents to negotiate prices in forming successful coalitions. We propose and experiment with two negotiation schemes: one allows information sharing while the other does not.

Keywords

multiagent coalition, autonomous price negotiation, real-time Web environment, e-marketplace, job request, protocol, self-interested agents, information sharing

Discipline

Artificial Intelligence and Robotics | Business | Operations Research, Systems Engineering and Industrial Engineering

Research Areas

Intelligent Systems and Optimization

Publication

2003 IEEE/WIC International Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology (IAT): Halifax, Canada, October 13-17: Proceedings

First Page

580

Last Page

583

ISBN

9780769519319

Identifier

10.1109/IAT.2003.1241149

Publisher

IEEE Computer Society

City or Country

Los Alamitos, CA

Citation

LAU, Hoong Chuin and LIM, Wei Sian. Multi-agent coalition via autonomous price negotiation in a real-time Web environment. (2003). 2003 IEEE/WIC International Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology (IAT): Halifax, Canada, October 13-17: Proceedings. 580-583.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/1124

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Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.1109/IAT.2003.1241149