Exploring decision processes in multi-agent automated contracting

Authors:
John Collins;Maria Gini
Affiliations:
Dept of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota;Dept of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota
Venue:
Proceedings of the fifth international conference on Autonomous agents
Year:
2001

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Abstract

We are interested in multi-agent contracting, in which customers must solicit the resources and capabilities of other, self-interested agents in order to accomplish their goals. Goals may involve the execution of multi-step plans, in which different steps are contracted out to different suppliers. We have developed a testbed that can generate sets of plans with known statistical attributes, formulate and submit requests for quotations, generate bids with well-defined statistics, and evaluate those bids according to a number of criteria.