Multi-agent hierarchical negotiation based on augmented price schedules decomposition for distributed design

Authors:
Yung-I Lin;Kai-Wen Tien;Chih-Hsing Chu
Affiliations:
Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (CSIST), Taichung, Taiwan;National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan;National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
Venue:
Computers in Industry
Year:
2012

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Abstract

This paper presents a multi-agent negotiation mechanism for distributed design based on price schedules decomposition. The mechanism allows self-interested collaborators to jointly make design decisions for the benefit of an overall design task without disclosing individual objectives or rationales. This work extended a price schedules decomposition algorithm originally developed as a bi-level approach into a hierarchical decomposition algorithm by introducing augmented price schedules. Integrated with multi-agent technologies, the negotiation protocol, and strategy derived from the hierarchical algorithm realize a secure environment for automating distributed engineering design. A test scenario of distributed reliability allocation in complex system development validates the proposed mechanism.