Effective multiagent interactions for open cooperative systems rich in services

ABSTRACT

The benefits of open and cooperative systems, popular because of the functionality they offer for sharing resources free of charge, are only achievable if there is an incentive to cooperate, and if participants are able to make effective decisions about the cooperations in which they participate. In this context, the key contribution of this paper is a framework for non-monetary cooperations among self-interested agents, providing non-monetary incentives for service provision and a means to analyse cooperations. The framework is used to support a partner selection mechanism, for decision-making over interaction partners.

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  I. Computing Methodologies
  I.2 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
      I.2.8 Problem Solving, Control Methods, and Search
          Subjects: Heuristic methods

Additional Classification:
  I. Computing Methodologies
  I.2 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
        I.2.11 Distributed Artificial Intelligence
            Subjects: Multiagent systems

General Terms:
Design, Experimentation

Keywords:
cooperation, exchange values, multi-agent systems, partner selection