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Multi-Dimensional, MultiStep Negotiation for Task Allocation in a Cooperative System (2004)  (Make Corrections)  
Xiaoqin Zhang, Victor Lesser, Rodion Podorozhny



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Abstract: We present a multi-dimensional, multi-step negotiation mechanism for task allocation among cooperative agents based on distributed search. This mechanism uses marginal utility gain and marginal utility cost to structure this search process, so as to find a solution that maximizes the agents' combined utility. These two utility values together with temporal constraints summarize the agents' local information and reduce the communication load. This mechanism is anytime in character: by... (Update)

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@misc{ zhang-multidimensional,
  author = "Xiaoqin Zhang and Victor Lesser and Rodion Podorozhny",
  title = "Multi-Dimensional, MultiStep Negotiation for Task Allocation in a Cooperative
    System",
  url = "citeseer.ist.psu.edu/zhang04multidimensional.html" }
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