The Contract Net Protocol: High-Level Communication and Control in a Distributed Problem Solver

  • Authors:
  • R. G. Smith

  • Affiliations:
  • Defence Research Establishment Atlantic

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Transactions on Computers
  • Year:
  • 1980

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Abstract

The contract net protocol has been developed to specify problem-solving communication and control for nodes in a distributed problem solver. Task distribution is affected by a negotiation process, a discussion carried on between nodes with tasks to be executed and nodes that may be able to execute those tasks.