Time-Bound Negotiation Framework for Electronic Commerce Agents

• Main Authors: LEE, Kyung Jun, CHANG, Yong Sik, LEE, Jae Kyu
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2000
• Subjects: Communication protocols; Multi-agent negotiation; Electronic commerce; Contract Net Protocol; Multi-agent coordination; Computer Sciences; Management Information Systems
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/1156; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0167-9236(99)00096-2
• Institution: Singapore Management University

For efficient and informative coordination of agents especially in electronic commerce environment, a time-bound agent negotiation framework is proposed utilizing a time-based commitment scheme. By attaching commitment duration to agent messages, the traditional contract net protocol is extended to...