Rational, Robust, and Secure Negotiations in Multi-Agent Systems

ISBN-13: 9783642095122 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 184 str.

Takayuki Ito;Hiromitsu Hattori;Minjie Zhang

Opis

Negotiation mechanisms have been studied widely in the ?eld of multi-agent systems. They possess a variety of features that enable agents be negotiate with each other even in open environments. However, mainly because of l- ited computational power, there are several assumptions that traditionally limit the degree of openness. Recent studies have tended to focus on c- pletely open and highly uncertain environments that apply agent systems to the real world. For example, in emergency rescue domains, we cannot expect to know when and where a ?re starts and when humans are likely to be - jured. Also, in Internet auctions, there can be shill bids since there are many unauthenticated participants. Nowadays, we can employ machines with large computational power to compute an optimal way for agents to negotiate, even incompletelyopenandhighlyuncertainenvironments. Forthepracticaluseof multi-agent systems in the real world, the reliability of each agent's behavior is essentially required. Concretely, agents must obtain the most appropriate solution/solutions based on rational, robust, and secure negotiation among multiple agents even if the environment is intractable. We solicit papers on all aspects of such negotiation mechanisms in multi-agent systems, including multi-issue negotiations, concurrent negotiations, strategy-proof mechanisms, rational argumentation, auctions and voting, and so on. These issues are - ing explored by researchers from di?erent communities in multi-agent s- tems. They are, for instance, being studied in agent negotiation, multi-issue negotiations, auctions, mechanism design, electronic commerce, voting, - cure protocols, matchmaking and brokering, argumentation, and co-operation mechanisms.

Spis treści

Theories for Complex Multi-Agent Systems.- Negotiation Agents' Decision Making Using Markov Chains.- A Multi-Issue Negotiation Protocol Among Nonlinear Utility Agents: A Preliminary Report.- A Decentralized Model for Multi-Attribute Negotiations with Incomplete Information and General Utility Functions.- A General Model for Pareto Optimal Multi-Attribute Negotiations.- Cooperation-Based Multilateral Multi-Issue Negotiation for Crisis Management.- A Fuzzy Logic-Based Approach for Flexible Self-Interested Agent Team Forming.- Practical Approach for Complex Multi-Agent Systems.- A Novel Group Signature Scheme Based on Bilinear Pairings and Gap Diffie–Hellman Group.- Experimental Evaluation of Possibilistic Mechanism for Negotiation Partners Selection.- Constructing the Structure of Utility Graphs Used in Multi-Item Negotiation Through Collaborative Filtering of Aggregate Buyer Preferences.- Asynchronous Constraint-Based Approach: New Solution for any Constraint Problem.

Blurb

This book addresses all aspects of negotiation mechanisms in multi-agent systems, including Multi-Issue Negotiations, Concurrent Negotiations, Strategy-proof Mechanisms, Rational Argumentation, Auctions and Voting, and so on. These issues are being explored by researchers from different communities in Multi-Agent systems. They are, for instance, being studied in agent negotiation, multi-issue negotiations, auctions, mechanism design, electronic commerce, voting, secure protocols, matchmaking & brokering, argumentation, and co-operation mechanisms. This workshop will bring together researchers from these communities to learn about each other ’s approaches, form long-term collaborations, and cross-fertilize the different areas to accelerate progress towards scaling up to larger and more realistic applications.