The auction algorithm: a distributed relaxation method for the assignment problem
Annals of Operations Research - Special Issue: Parallel Optimization on Novel Computer Architectures
A genuinely polynomial primal simplex algorithm for the assignment problem
Discrete Applied Mathematics
Rules of encounter: designing conventions for automated negotiation among computers
Rules of encounter: designing conventions for automated negotiation among computers
Designing conventions for automated negotiation
AI Magazine
Multiagent negotiation under time constraints
Artificial Intelligence
Mechanism design for automated negotiation, and its application to task oriented domains
Artificial Intelligence
Reaching agreements through argumentation: a logical model and implementation
Artificial Intelligence
Multiagent systems: a modern approach to distributed artificial intelligence
Multiagent systems: a modern approach to distributed artificial intelligence
An extension of the Munkres algorithm for the assignment problem to rectangular matrices
Communications of the ACM
Argumentation as distributed constraint satisfaction: applications and results
Proceedings of the fifth international conference on Autonomous agents
Collaborative assignment: a multiagent negotiation approach using BDI concepts
Proceedings of the first international joint conference on Autonomous agents and multiagent systems: part 1
Beliefs, time and incomplete information in multiple encounter negotiations among autonomous agents
Annals of Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence
The Distributed Constraint Satisfaction Problem: Formalization and Algorithms
IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering
Sequential Auctions for the Allocation of Resources with Complementarities
IJCAI '99 Proceedings of the Sixteenth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence
A Framework for Argumentation-Based Negotiation
ATAL '97 Proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Intelligent Agents IV, Agent Theories, Architectures, and Languages
Distributed Constraint Satisfaction Algorithm for Complex Local Problems
ICMAS '98 Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Multi Agent Systems
AAMAS '06 Proceedings of the fifth international joint conference on Autonomous agents and multiagent systems
Decentralized Assignment Reasoning Using Collaborative Local Mediation
IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering
Genetic algorithm for the personnel assignment problem with multiple objectives
Information Sciences: an International Journal
Incremental assignment problem
Information Sciences: an International Journal
Task allocation via coalition formation among autonomous agents
IJCAI'95 Proceedings of the 14th international joint conference on Artificial intelligence - Volume 1
A secure reverse Vickrey auction scheme with bid privacy
Information Sciences: an International Journal
IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part C: Applications and Reviews
Coalition Formation for Resource Coallocation Using BDI Assignment Agents
IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part C: Applications and Reviews
A hybrid heuristic for the traveling salesman problem
IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation
Agent-based bilateral multi-issue negotiation scheme for e-market transactions
Applied Soft Computing
A novel approach for multi-agent-based Intelligent Manufacturing System
Information Sciences: an International Journal
Using machine learning in a cooperative hybrid parallel strategy of metaheuristics
Information Sciences: an International Journal
ICCSA '09 Proceedings of the International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications: Part I
An agent-oriented approach to resolve scheduling optimization in intelligent manufacturing
Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing
Performance of multiagent taxi dispatch on extended-runtime taxi availability: a simulation study
IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems
A dynamic programming algorithm for tree-like weighted set packing problem
Information Sciences: an International Journal
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In this paper, we propose a distributed agent model that applies belief-desire-intention (BDI) reasoning and negotiation for addressing the linear assignment problem (LAP) collaboratively. In resource allocation, LAP is viewed as seeking a concurrent allocation of one different resource for every task to optimize a linear sum objective function. The proposed model provides a basic agent-based foundation needed for efficient resource allocation in a distributed environment. A distributed agent algorithm that has been developed based on the BDI negotiation model is examined both analytically and experimentally. To improve performance in terms of average negotiation speed and solution quality, two initialization heuristics and two different reasoning control strategies are applied, with the latter yielding different variants of the basic algorithm. Extensive simulations suggest that all the heuristic-algorithm combinations can produce a near optimal solution soon enough in some specific sense. The significance and applicability of the research work are also discussed.