intent:
- for task allocation between different "sub-agents"
- to establish contracts and enforce commitments
- for bazars
see also AgentOrganization, AgentCoordination
principle:
forces:
- dynamic: contracts established on the fly, new partipants may join
- degrades gracefully
protocol:
relevant aspects:
- choice of AuctionProtocols
- contract enforcement
- performance monitoring
- violation detection
more:
- use of caching to decrease the number of exchanged messages
- use of machine learning to discount bids based on quality of service [mitel patent]
- combining this with mobile agents to minimize message exchange?
known uses:
- resource allocation (Mitel)
(last edited November 9, 2004)
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