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An Implementation of the Contract Net Protocol Based on Marginal Cost Calculations

@inproceedings{Sandholm1993AnIO,
  title={An Implementation of the Contract Net Protocol Based on Marginal Cost Calculations},
  author={T. Sandholm},
  booktitle={AAAI},
  year={1993}
}

T. Sandholm

Published in AAAI 1993

Computer Science

This paper presents a formalization of the bidding and awarding decision process that was left undefined in the original contract net task allocation protocol. This formalization is based on marginal cost calculations based on local agent criteria. In this way, agents having very different local criteria (based on their selfinterest) can interact to distribute tasks so that the network as a whole functions more effectively. In this model, both competitive and cooperative agents can interact. In… CONTINUE READING

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