A simulation approach to design contracts that govern emergent multi-agent systems

Authors:
Maíra Gatti;Carlos Lucena;Simon Miles;Nir Oren;Michael Luck
Affiliations:
Rio de Janeiro, RJ - Brazil;Rio de Janeiro, RJ - Brazil;King's College London, London, United Kingdom;King's College London, London, United Kingdom;King's College London, London, United Kingdom
Venue:
Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems: volume 1 - Volume 1
Year:
2010

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Abstract

Agent-based normative systems offer the potential for a business to model, understand the consequences of, and then refine contracts to improve the outcomes for that business. In this paper, we combine a simulation technique designed for investigating and tuning emergent behavior in multi-agent systems with an approach to modeling norms of the complexity found in business contracts. We believe that our approach can aid in the refinement of such contracts by exposing the consequences of contract variations.