Single-phase agreements among rational agents

Jeffrey S. Rosenschein; Michael R. Genesereth

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Single-phase agreements among rational agents

Jeffrey S. Rosenschein^*, Michael R. Genesereth

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The Rachel and Selim Benin School of Engineering and Computer Science

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Abstract

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.

Original language	American English
Pages (from-to)	1-19
Number of pages	19
Journal	Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Artificial Intelligence
Volume	5
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/09528139308953755
State	Published - 1993

Keywords

Distributed artificial intelligence
Game theory
Negotiation
Rational interaction

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