TY - JOUR
T1 - Single-phase agreements among rational agents
AU - Rosenschein, Jeffrey S.
AU - Genesereth, Michael R.
PY - 1993
Y1 - 1993
N2 - A formal framework is presented that models communication and promises in multi-agent interactions. This framework generalizes previous work on co-operation without communication (Genesereth et al. 1984a, Genesereth et al. 1986), and shows the ability of communication to resolve conflicts among agents having disparate goals. Using a one-phase deal-making mechanism, agents are able to coordinate and cooperate more easily than in the communication-free model. In addition, there are certain types of interactions where communication makes possible mutually beneficial activity that is otherwise impossible to coordinate.
AB - A formal framework is presented that models communication and promises in multi-agent interactions. This framework generalizes previous work on co-operation without communication (Genesereth et al. 1984a, Genesereth et al. 1986), and shows the ability of communication to resolve conflicts among agents having disparate goals. Using a one-phase deal-making mechanism, agents are able to coordinate and cooperate more easily than in the communication-free model. In addition, there are certain types of interactions where communication makes possible mutually beneficial activity that is otherwise impossible to coordinate.
KW - Distributed artificial intelligence
KW - Game theory
KW - Negotiation
KW - Rational interaction
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84950965716&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/09528139308953755
DO - 10.1080/09528139308953755
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AN - SCOPUS:84950965716
SN - 0952-813X
VL - 5
SP - 1
EP - 19
JO - Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Artificial Intelligence
JF - Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Artificial Intelligence
IS - 1
ER -