ARCHON ™ (ARchitecture for Cooperative Heterogeneous ON-line systems) was Europe’s largest project in the area of Distributed Artificial Intelligence (DAI). It devised a general-purpose...
C. Roda, N. R. Jennings, E. H. Mamdani
The majority of previous work in Distributed AI (DAI) has concentrated on cooperation between similar agents. Such agents typically have homogeneous structures (e.g. BEINGS [Lenat75] or DVMT...
N. R. Jennings, P. Faratin, M. J. Johnson, T. J. Norman, M. E. Wiegand
paper describes work undertaken in the ADEPT (Advanced Decision Environment for Process Tasks) project towards developing an agent-based infrastructure for managing business processes. We describe...
Weddell, A. S., Teacy, W. T. L., Grabham, N. J., Merrett, G. V., Harris, N. R., Rogers, A., ...
A major constraint of sensor network deployments is their power supply: batteries have a limited lifetime and must be replaced when depleted. Recent advances in the field of energy harvesting mean...
Factor Graphs and Max-Sum Algorithm Variable nodes Function nodes (2009)
A wide area sensor tracks targets with a low quality sensor and broadcasts course target position estimates. Aerial vehicles fuse estimates with observations from their own sensors (which have...
Constrained Bandwidth Data Fusion Scenario (2009)
A. Rogers, R. K. Dash, N. R. Jennings, S. Reece, S. J. Roberts
Constrained bandwidth sensor network. Sensors make noisy range and bearing measurements to track targets. 1 Challenges: 1. How to efficiently allocate constrained bandwidth within a sensor network to...
Flexible Provisioning of Web Service Workflows (2009)
Stein, Sebastian, Payne, Terry R., Jennings, N. R.
Web services promise to revolutionise the way computational resources and business processes are offered and invoked in open, distributed systems, such as the Internet. These services are described...
Coordinating Team Players within a Noisy Iterated Prisoner’s Dilemma Tournament Abstract (2008)
A. Rogers, R. K. Dash, S. D. Ramchurn, P. Vytelingum, N. R. Jennings
In this paper, we present our investigation into the use of a team of players within a noisy Iterated Prisoner’s Dilemma (IPD) tournament. We show that the members of such a team are able to use a...
Mile End Rd. London E1 4NS (2008)
Coordination, the process by which an agent reasons about its local actions and the (anticipated) actions of others to try and ensure the community acts in a coherent manner, is perhaps the key...
N. R. Jennings, P. Faratin, A. R. Lomuscio, S. Parsons, C. Sierra, M. Wooldridge
An increasing number of computer systems are being viewed in terms of autonomous agents. There are two main drivers to this trend. Firstly, agents are being advocated as a next generation model for...
ARCHON ™ (ARchitecture for Cooperative Heterogeneous ON-line systems) was Europe’s largest project in the area of Distributed Artificial Intelligence (DAI). It devised a general-purpose...
Flexible Service Provisioning with Advance Agreements (2008)
Stein, Sebastian, Jennings, N. R., Payne, Terry
In this paper, we develop a novel algorithm that allows service consumer agents to automatically select and provision service provider agents for their workflows in highly dynamic and uncertain...
Approximating Mixed Nash Equilibria using Smooth Fictitious Play in Simultaneous Auctions (2008)
Gerding, Enrico, Rabinovich, Zinovi, Byde, Andrew, Elkind, Edith, Jennings, N. R.
We investigate equilibrium strategies for bidding agents that participate in multiple, simultaneous second-price auctions with perfect substitutes. For this setting, previous research has shown that...
Decentralised Coordination of Low-Power Embedded Devices Using the Max-Sum Algorithm (2008)
Farinelli, Alessandro, Rogers, Alex, Petcu, Adrian, Jennings, N. R.
This paper considers the problem of performing decentralised coordination of low-power embedded devices (as is required within many environmental sensing and surveillance applications). Specifically,...
Decentralised Coordination of Low-Power Embedded Devices Using the Max-Sum Algorithm (2008)
Farinelli, Alessandro, Rogers, Alex, Petcu, Adrian, Jennings, N. R.
This paper considers the problem of performing decentralised coordination of low-power embedded devices (as is required within many environmental sensing and surveillance applications). Specifically,...
Flexible Service Provisioning with Advance Agreements (2008)
Stein, Sebastian, Jennings, N. R., Payne, Terry
In this paper, we develop a novel algorithm that allows service consumer agents to automatically select and provision service provider agents for their workflows in highly dynamic and uncertain...
Approximating Mixed Nash Equilibria using Smooth Fictitious Play in Simultaneous Auctions (2008)
Gerding, Enrico, Rabinovich, Zinovi, Byde, Andrew, Elkind, Edith, Jennings, N. R.
We investigate equilibrium strategies for bidding agents that participate in multiple, simultaneous second-price auctions with perfect substitutes. For this setting, previous research has shown that...
Sequential Decision Making with Untrustworthy Service Providers (2008)
Teacy, W. T. L., Chalkiadakis, G., Rogers, A., Jennings, N. R.
In this paper, we deal with the sequential decision making problem of agents operating in computational economies, where there is uncertainty regarding the trustworthiness of service providers...
Sequential Decision Making with Untrustworthy Service Providers (2008)
Teacy, W. T. L., Chalkiadakis, G., Rogers, A., Jennings, N. R.
In this paper, we deal with the sequential decision making problem of agents operating in computational economies, where there is uncertainty regarding the trustworthiness of service providers...
A Parameterisation of Algorithms for Distributed Constraint Optimisation via Potential Games (2008)
Chapman, Archie, Rogers, Alex, Jennings, N.R
This paper introduces a parameterisation of learning algorithms for distributed constraint optimisation problems (DCOPs). This parameterisation encompasses many algorithms developed in both the...
A Parameterisation of Algorithms for Distributed Constraint Optimisation via Potential Games (2008)
Chapman, Archie, Rogers, Alex, Jennings, N.R
This paper introduces a parameterisation of learning algorithms for distributed constraint optimisation problems (DCOPs). This parameterisation encompasses many algorithms developed in both the...
Sequential Decision Making with Untrustworthy Service Providers (Poster) (2008)
Teacy, W. T. L., Chalkiadakis, G., Rogers, A., Jennings, N. R.
In this paper, we deal with the sequential decision making problem of agents operating in computational economies, where there is uncertainty regarding the trustworthiness of service providers...
N. R. Jennings, Atlas Elektronik Gmbh, Sebaldsbrucker Heerstr
ABSTRACT. This paper describes the state of the ARCHON project at its halfway stage. It outlines why a Distributed AI approach is appropriate for large industrial applications, the benefits which...
IWMAS98 Submission On Argumentation-Based Negotiation (2008)
N. R. Jennings, S. Parsons, P. Noriega, C. Sierra
Interactions are a core part of all multi-agent systems. They occur because of the inter-dependencies which inevitably exist between the agents and they manifest themselves in many different...
Autonomous Agents for Business Process Management 1 (2008)
N. R. Jennings, T. J. Norman, P. Faratin, B. Odgers, Professor Nick Jennings
Abstract: Traditional approaches to managing business processes are often inadequate for large-scale, organi-sation-wide, dynamic settings. However since Internet and Intranet technologies have...
Complete Mailing Address for correspondence: (2008)
Jun Huang, N. R. Jennings, John Fox, Dr. Nick Jennings
2 Agent-based health care management The provision of medical care typically involves a number of individuals, located in a number of different institutions, whose decisions and actions need to be...
ALADDIN-Rescue Team Description (2008)
S. D. Ramchurn, M. Allen-williams, I. Vetsikas, A. Rogers, R. K. Dash, P. Dutta, ...
Abstract. The strategies employed by ALADDIN-Rescue agents will build upon several aspects of existing strategies (such as the path planning modules developed by previous winners of the Robocup...
A. Andersson, M. Tenhunen, K. Binmore Fun, E. Leung, ...
[3] M. Bichler and J. Kalagnanam. Configurable offers and winner determination in multiattribute
N. R. Jennings, P. Faratin, M. J. Johnson, T. J. Norman, M. E. Wiegand
paper describes work undertaken in the ADEPT (Advanced Decision Environment for Process Tasks) project towards developing an agent-based infrastructure for managing business processes. We describe...
[135] M. Wooldridge and N. Jennings. The cooperative problem solving process: A formal (2008)
M. Wooldridge, N. R. Jennings, Intelligent Agents
[125] P. Wavish and M. Graham. Roles, skills, and behaviour: a situated action approach to organising systems of interacting agents. In M. Wooldridge and N. R. Jennings, editors,
Osborne, Michael A, Rogers, Alex, Ramchurn, Sarvapali, Roberts, Stephen J, Jennings, N. R.
In this paper, we describe a novel, computationally efficient algorithm that facilitates the autonomous acquisition of readings from sensor networks (deciding when and which sensor to acquire...
Osborne, Michael A, Rogers, Alex, Ramchurn, Sarvapali, Roberts, Stephen J, Jennings, N. R.
In this paper, we describe a novel, computationally efficient algorithm that facilitates the autonomous acquisition of readings from sensor networks (deciding when and which sensor to acquire...
Information Agents for Pervasive Sensor Networks (2008)
Rogers, Alex, Osborne, Michael A, Ramchurn, Sarvapali, Roberts, Stephen J, Jennings, N. R.
In this paper, we describe an information agent, that resides on a mobile computer or personal digital assistant (PDA), that can autonomously acquire sensor readings from pervasive sensor networks...
Information Agents for Pervasive Sensor Networks (2008)
Rogers, Alex, Osborne, Michael A, Ramchurn, Sarvapali, Roberts, Stephen J, Jennings, N. R.
In this paper, we describe an information agent, that resides on a mobile computer or personal digital assistant (PDA), that can autonomously acquire sensor readings from pervasive sensor networks...
ABSTRACT Optimal Design Of English Auctions With Discrete Bid Levels (2008)
E. David, A. Rogers, J. Schiff, S. Kraus, N. R. Jennings
In this paper we consider a common form of the English auction that is widely used in online Internet auctions. This discrete bid auction requires that the bidders may only submit bids which meet...
ABSTRACT Optimal Design Of English Auctions With Discrete Bid Levels (2008)
E. David, A. Rogers, J. Schiff, S. Kraus, N. R. Jennings
In this paper we consider a common form of the English auction that is widely used in online Internet auctions. This discrete bid auction requires that the bidders may only submit bids which meet...
Autonomous Agents for Business Process Management 1 (2008)
N. R. Jennings, T. J. Norman, P. Faratin, B. Odgers, Professor Nick Jennings
Abstract: Traditional approaches to managing business processes are often inadequate for large-scale, organisation-wide, dynamic settings. However since Internet and Intranet technologies have become...
1 Electronics Letters Agent-based Meeting Scheduling: A Design and Implementation (2008)
N. R. Jennings, A. J. Jackson, London E Ns
Indexing terms: multi-agent systems, distributed meeting scheduling. This letter describes the design and implementation of a distributed meeting scheduling system in which each user has an...
N. R. Jennings, Atlas Elektronik Gmbh, Sebaldsbrucker Heerstr
ABSTRACT. This paper describes the state of the ARCHON project at its halfway stage. It outlines why a Distributed AI approach is appropriate for large industrial applications, the benefits which...
N. R. Jennings, P. Faratin, A. R. Lomuscio, S. Parsons, C. Sierra, M. Wooldridge
An increasing number of computer systems are being viewed in terms of autonomous agents. There are two main drivers to this trend. Firstly, agents are being advocated as a next generation model for...
N. R. Jennings, P. Faratin, M. J. Johnson, T. J. Norman, M. E. Wiegand
paper describes work undertaken in the ADEPT (Advanced Decision Environment for Process Tasks) project towards developing an agent-based infrastructure for managing business processes. We describe...
WhiteDolphin: A TAC Travel Agent (2008)
P. Vytelingum, R. K. Dash, I. A. Vetsikas, N. R. Jennings
In this paper, we detail our WhiteDolphin agent that was designed for the Trading Agent Competition (TAC) Travel game. Specifically, we employed the multi-layered IKB framework to design our...
Information Agents for Pervasive Sensor Networks (2008)
A. Rogers, S. D. Ramchurn, N. R. Jennings
In this paper, we describe an information agent, that resides on a mobile computer or personal digital assistant (PDA), that can autonomously acquire sensor readings from pervasive sensor networks...
1 Applications of Intelligent Agents (2008)
N. R. Jennings, M. Wooldridge, Queen Mary
Intelligent agents are a new paradigm for developing software applications. More than this, agent-based computing has been hailed as ‘the next significant breakthrough in software development ’...
Complete Mailing Address for correspondence: (2008)
Jun Huang, N. R. Jennings, John Fox, Dr. Nick Jennings
2 Agent-based health care management The provision of medical care typically involves a number of individuals, located in a number of different institutions, whose decisions and actions need to be...
J. L. Alty, D. Griffiths, N. R. Jennings, E. H. Mamdani
This paper provides an introduction to project ADEPT (Advanced Decision
ABSTRACT Optimal Design Of English Auctions With Discrete Bid Levels (2008)
E. David, A. Rogers, J. Schiff, S. Kraus, N. R. Jennings
In this paper we consider a common form of the English auction that is widely used in online Internet auctions. This discrete bid auction requires that the bidders may only submit bids which meet...
Sellers Competing for Buyers in Online Markets (2008)
Gerding, Enrico H., Rogers, Alex, Dash, Rajdeep, Jennings, N. R.
We consider competition between sellers offering similar items in concurrent online auctions, where each seller must set its individual auction parameters (such as the reserve price) in such a way as...
Sellers Competing for Buyers in Online Markets (2008)
Gerding, Enrico H., Rogers, Alex, Dash, Rajdeep, Jennings, N. R.
We consider competition between sellers offering similar items in concurrent online auctions, where each seller must set its individual auction parameters (such as the reserve price) in such a way as...
Flexible Provisioning of Web Service Workflows (2008)
Stein, Sebastian, Payne, Terry R., Jennings, N. R.
Web services promise to revolutionise the way computational resources and business processes are offered and invoked in open, distributed systems, such as the Internet. These services are described...
Optimal Combinatorial Electricity Markets (2008)
The deregulation of the electricity industry in many countries has created a number of marketplaces in which producers and consumers can operate in order to more effectively manage and meet their...
Optimal Combinatorial Electricity Markets (2008)
The deregulation of the electricity industry in many countries has created a number of marketplaces in which producers and consumers can operate in order to more effectively manage and meet their...
Negotiation, auctions and market engineering (2008)
Gimpel, H, Jennings, N. R., Kersten, G, Okenfels , A, Weinhardt , C
An improved dynamic programming algorithm for coalition structure generation (2008)
Rahwan, Talal, Jennings, N. R.
Forming effective coalitions is a major research challenge in the field of multi-agent systems. Central to this endeavour is the problem of partitioning the set of agents into exhaustive and disjoint...
Negotiation, auctions and market engineering (2008)
Gimpel, H, Jennings, N. R., Kersten, G, Okenfels , A, Weinhardt , C
An improved dynamic programming algorithm for coalition structure generation (2008)
Rahwan, Talal, Jennings, N. R.
Forming effective coalitions is a major research challenge in the field of multi-agent systems. Central to this endeavour is the problem of partitioning the set of agents into exhaustive and disjoint...
Strategic Bidding in Continuous Double Auctions (2008)
Vytelingum, Perukrishnen, Cliff, Dave, Jennings, N. R.
In this paper, we describe a novel bidding strategy that autonomous trading agents can use to participate in Continuous Double Auctions (CDAs). Our strategy is based on both short and long-term...
1 Electronics Letters Agent-based Meeting Scheduling: A Design and Implementation (2007)
N. R. Jennings, A. J. Jackson, London E Ns
Indexing terms: multi-agent systems, distributed meeting scheduling. This letter describes the design and implementation of a distributed meeting scheduling system in which each user has an...
The need for negotiation in multi-agent systems stems from the requirement for agents to solve the problems posed by their interdependence upon one another. Negotiation provides a solution to these...
Continuing Research in Multi-Agent Systems £ (2007)
K. Decker, M. Fisher, M. Luck, M. Tennenholtz, Ukmas’ Contributors Ý, Ý Ukmas, ...
1 ADEPT: An Agent-Based Approach to Business Process Management (2007)
N. R. Jennings, T. J. Norman, P. Faratin
Successful companies organise and run their business activities in an efficient manner. Core activities are completed on time and within specified resource constraints. However to stay competitive in...
N. R. Jennings, P. Faratin, A. R. Lomuscio, S. Parsons, C. Sierra, M. Wooldridge
An increasing number of computer systems are being viewed in terms of autonomous agents. There are two main drivers to this trend. Firstly, agents are being advocated as a next generation model for...
A Real-world, Case Study, N. R. Jennings, P. Faratin, T. J. Norman, B. Odgers, ...
T his article describes how the agent ± based design of ADEPT (advanced decision environment for process tasks) and implementation philosophy was used to prototype a business process management...
Optimal Design Of English Auctions With Discrete Bid Levels (2007)
David, Esther, Rogers, Alex, Schiff, Jeremy, Kraus, Sarit, Rothkopf, Michael, Jennings, N. R.
This paper considers a form of ascending price English auction widely used in both live and online auctions. This discrete bid auction requires that the bidders submit bids at predetermined discrete...
Optimal Design Of English Auctions With Discrete Bid Levels (2007)
David, Esther, Rogers, Alex, Schiff, Jeremy, Kraus, Sarit, Rothkopf, Michael, Jennings, N. R.
This paper considers a form of ascending price English auction widely used in both live and online auctions. This discrete bid auction requires that the bidders submit bids at predetermined discrete...
Coordinating Team Players within a Noisy Iterated Prisoner’s Dilemma Tournament (2007)
Rogers, Alex, Dash, Rajdeep K., Ramchurn, Sarvapali D., Vytelingum, Perukrishnen, Jennings, N. R.
In this paper, we present our investigation into the use of a team of players within a noisy Iterated Prisoner’s Dilemma (IPD) tournament. We show that the members of such a team are able to use a...
Coordinating Team Players within a Noisy Iterated Prisoner’s Dilemma Tournament (2007)
Rogers, Alex, Dash, Rajdeep K., Ramchurn, Sarvapali D., Vytelingum, Perukrishnen, Jennings, N. R.
In this paper, we present our investigation into the use of a team of players within a noisy Iterated Prisoner’s Dilemma (IPD) tournament. We show that the members of such a team are able to use a...
Anytime Optimal Coalition Structure Generation (2007)
Rahwan, Talal, Ramchurn, Sarvapali D., Dang, Viet D., Giovannucci, Andrea, Jennings, N. R.
Forming effective coalitions is a major research challenge in the field of multi-agent systems. Central to this endeavour is the problem of determining the best groups of agents to select to achieve...
Sensitivity Analysis of Flexible Provisioning (2007)
Stein, Sebastian, Payne, Terry R., Jennings, N. R.
This technical report contains a sensitivity analysis to extend our previous work. We show that our flexible service provisioning strategy is robust to inaccurate performance information (when the...
Anytime Optimal Coalition Structure Generation (2007)
Rahwan, Talal, Ramchurn, Sarvapali D., Dang, Viet D., Giovannucci, Andrea, Jennings, N. R.
Forming effective coalitions is a major research challenge in the field of multi-agent systems. Central to this endeavour is the problem of determining the best groups of agents to select to achieve...
Sensitivity Analysis of Flexible Provisioning (2007)
Stein, Sebastian, Payne, Terry R., Jennings, N. R.
This technical report contains a sensitivity analysis to extend our previous work. We show that our flexible service provisioning strategy is robust to inaccurate performance information (when the...
Market-Based Task Allocation Mechanisms for Limited Capacity Suppliers (2007)
Dash, Rajdeep K, Vytelingum, Perukrishnen, Rogers, Alex, David, Esther, Jennings, N. R.
This paper reports on the design and comparison of two economically-inspired mechanisms for task allocation in environments where sellers have finite production capacities and a cost structure...
The Effects of Proxy Bidding and Minimum Bid Increments within eBay Auctions (2007)
Rogers, Alex, David, Esther, Schiff, Jeremy, Jennings, N. R.
We present a mathematical model of the eBay auction protocol and perform a detailed analysis of the effects that the eBay proxy bidding system and the minimum bid increment have on the auction...
Communicating effectively in resource-constrained multi-agent systems. (2007)
Dutta, P.S., Goldman, C., Jennings, N. R.
Agents with partial observability need to share information to achieve decentralised coordination. However, in resource-constrained systems, indiscriminate communication can create performance...
Stratum: A methodology for designing heuristic agent negotiation strategies. (2007)
Rahwan, I., Sonenburg, L., Jennings, N. R., McBurney, P.
Automated negotiation is a powerful (and sometimes essential) means for allocating resources among self-interested autonomous software agents. A key problem in building negotiating agents is the...
Near-optimal anytime coalition structure generation (2007)
Rahwan, T., Ramchurn, S.D., Dang, V.D., Jennings, N. R.
Forming effective coalitions is a major research challenge in the field of multi-agent systems. Central to this endeavour is the problem of determining the best set of agents that should participate...
Reece, Steven, Rogers, Alex, Roberts, Stephen, Jennings, N. R.
In this paper we develop a novel probabilistic model of computational trust that explicitly deals with correlated multi-dimensional contracts. Our starting point is to consider an agent attempting to...
Bidding optimally in concurrent second-price auctions of perfectly substitutable goods (2007)
Gerding, E. H., Dash, R. K., Yuen, D. C. K., Jennings, N. R.
We derive optimal bidding strategies for a global bidding agent that participates in multiple, simultaneous second-price auctions with perfect substitutes. We first consider a model where all other...
An Advanced Bidding Agent for Advertisement Selection on Public Displays (2007)
Rogers, Alex, David, Esther, Payne, Terry R., Jennings, N. R.
In this paper we present an advanced bidding agent that participates in first-price sealed bid auctions to allocate advertising space on BluScreen -- an experimental public advertisement system that...
Provisioning Heterogeneous and Unreliable Providers for Service Workflows (2007)
Stein, Sebastian, Jennings, N. R., Payne, Terry R.
In this paper, we address the problem of provisioning unreliable and heterogeneous service providers for the constituent tasks of abstract workflows. Specifically, we deal with unreliable providers...
Sellers Competing for Buyers in Online Markets: Reserve Prices, Shill Bids, and Auction Fees (2007)
Gerding, Enrico H., Rogers, Alex, Dash, Rajdeep K., Jennings, N. R.
We consider competition between sellers offering similar items in concurrent online auctions through a mediating auction institution, where each seller must set its individual auction parameters...
The ART of IAM: The Winning Strategy for the 2006 Competition (2007)
Teacy, W. T. L., Huynh, T. D., Dash, R. K., Jennings, N. R., Luck, M., Patel, J.
In many dynamic open systems, agents have to interact with one another to achieve their goals. Here, agents may be self-interested, and when trusted to perform an action for others, may betray that...
An Effective Strategy for the Flexible Provisioning of Service Workflows (2007)
Stein, Sebastian, Payne, Terry R., Jennings, N. R.
Recent advances in service-oriented frameworks and semantic Web technologies have enabled software agents to discover and invoke resources over large distributed systems, in order to meet their...
An Algorithm for Distributing Coalitional Value Calculations among Cooperating Agents (2007)
Rahwan, Talal, Jennings, N. R.
The process of forming coalitions of software agents generally requires calculating a value for every possible coalition which indicates how beneficial that coalition would be if it was formed. Now,...
A Multi-Dimensional Trust Model for Heterogeneous Contract Observations (2007)
Reece, Steven, Rogers, Alex, Roberts, Stephen, Jennings, N. R.
In this paper we develop a novel probabilistic model of computational trust that allows agents to exchange and combine reputation reports over heterogeneous, correlated multi-dimensional contracts....
Provisioning Heterogeneous and Unreliable Providers for Service Workflows (2007)
Stein, Sebastian, Jennings, N. R., Payne, Terry R.
Service-oriented technologies enable software agents to dynamically discover and provision remote services for their workflows. Current work has typically assumed these services to be reliable and...
Decentralised Adaptive Sampling of Wireless Sensor Networks (2007)
Kho, Johnsen, Rogers, Alex, Jennings, N. R.
Wireless sensor networks are being deployed in an increasing number and variety of applications. Currently, most of these systems adopt a centralised control mechanism, but this has issues associated...
Approximate and online multi-issue negotiation. (2007)
Fatima, S.S., Wooldridge, M., Jennings, N. R.
This paper analyzes bilateral multi-issue negotiation between self interested autonomous agents. The agents have time constraints in the form of both deadlines and discount factors. There are m > 1...
A randomised method for the shapely value for the voting game. (2007)
Fatima, S.S, Wooldridge, M., Jennings, N. R.
The Shapley value is one of the key solution concepts for coalition games. Its main advantage is that it provides a unique and fair solution, but its main problem is that, for many coalition games,...
Sequential auctions in uncertain information settings. (2007)
Fatima, S.S., Wooldridge, M., Jennings, N. R.
This paper analyzes sequential auctions for private value objects using second-price sealed-bid rules. Now, the equilibrium bids for such auctions depend on the information uncertainty of the...
A spectrum of compromise aggregation operators for multi-attribute decision making. (2007)
In many decision making problems, a number of independent attributes or criteria are often used to individually rate an alternative from an agent’s local perspective and then these individual...
Changing circumstances and levelled commitment: A compensatory approach to contracting. (2007)
In dynamic and uncertain e-commerce settings, the value of contracts can change after they have been entered into. Sometimes this can make the contract in question counterproductive to the affected...
Negotiating using rewards. (2007)
Ramchurn, S.D., Sierra, C., Godo, L., Jennings, N. R.
Negotiation is a fundamental interaction mechanism in multi-agent systems because it allows self-interested agents to come to mutually beneficial agreements and partition resources efficiently and...
Generating Bayes-Nash equilibria to design autonomous trading agents. (2007)
Vetsikas, I., Jennings, N. R., Selman, B.
This paper presents a methodology for designing trading agents for complex games. We compute, for the first time, Bayes-Nash equilibria for firstprice single-unit auctions and mth-price multi-unit...
Outperforming the competition in multi-unit sealed bid auctions. (2007)
Vetsikas, I.A., Jennings, N. R.
In this paper, we examine the behavior of bidding agents that are in direct competition with the other participants in an auction setting. Thus the agents are not simply trying to maximize their own...
Vytelingum, P., Cliff, D, Jennings, N. R.
We develop a new model to analyse the strategic behaviour of buyers and sellers in market mechanisms. In particular, we wish to understand how the different strategies they adopt affect their...
WhiteDolphin: A TAC travel agent. (2007)
Vytelingum, P., Dash, R.K., Vetsikas, I.A., Jennings, N. R.
In this paper, we detail our WhiteDolphin agent that was designed for the Trading Agent Competition (TAC) Travel game. Specifically, we employed the multi-layered IKB framework to design our...
Market-Based Task Allocation Mechanisms for Limited Capacity Suppliers (2007)
Dash, Rajdeep K, Vytelingum, Perukrishnen, Rogers, Alex, David, Esther, Jennings, N. R.
This paper reports on the design and comparison of two economically-inspired mechanisms for task allocation in environments where sellers have finite production capacities and a cost structure...
The Effects of Proxy Bidding and Minimum Bid Increments within eBay Auctions (2007)
Rogers, Alex, David, Esther, Schiff, Jeremy, Jennings, N. R.
We present a mathematical model of the eBay auction protocol and perform a detailed analysis of the effects that the eBay proxy bidding system and the minimum bid increment have on the auction...
Communicating effectively in resource-constrained multi-agent systems. (2007)
Dutta, P.S., Goldman, C., Jennings, N. R.
Agents with partial observability need to share information to achieve decentralised coordination. However, in resource-constrained systems, indiscriminate communication can create performance...
Stratum: A methodology for designing heuristic agent negotiation strategies. (2007)
Rahwan, I., Sonenburg, L., Jennings, N. R., McBurney, P.
Automated negotiation is a powerful (and sometimes essential) means for allocating resources among self-interested autonomous software agents. A key problem in building negotiating agents is the...
Near-optimal anytime coalition structure generation (2007)
Rahwan, T., Ramchurn, S.D., Dang, V.D., Jennings, N. R.
Forming effective coalitions is a major research challenge in the field of multi-agent systems. Central to this endeavour is the problem of determining the best set of agents that should participate...
Reece, Steven, Rogers, Alex, Roberts, Stephen, Jennings, N. R.
In this paper we develop a novel probabilistic model of computational trust that explicitly deals with correlated multi-dimensional contracts. Our starting point is to consider an agent attempting to...
An Advanced Bidding Agent for Advertisement Selection on Public Displays (2007)
Rogers, Alex, David, Esther, Payne, Terry R., Jennings, N. R.
In this paper we present an advanced bidding agent that participates in first-price sealed bid auctions to allocate advertising space on BluScreen -- an experimental public advertisement system that...
Provisioning Heterogeneous and Unreliable Providers for Service Workflows (2007)
Stein, Sebastian, Jennings, N. R., Payne, Terry R.
In this paper, we address the problem of provisioning unreliable and heterogeneous service providers for the constituent tasks of abstract workflows. Specifically, we deal with unreliable providers...
Sellers Competing for Buyers in Online Markets: Reserve Prices, Shill Bids, and Auction Fees (2007)
Gerding, Enrico H., Rogers, Alex, Dash, Rajdeep K., Jennings, N. R.
We consider competition between sellers offering similar items in concurrent online auctions through a mediating auction institution, where each seller must set its individual auction parameters...
The ART of IAM: The Winning Strategy for the 2006 Competition (2007)
Teacy, W. T. L., Huynh, T. D., Dash, R. K., Jennings, N. R., Luck, M., Patel, J.
In many dynamic open systems, agents have to interact with one another to achieve their goals. Here, agents may be self-interested, and when trusted to perform an action for others, may betray that...
An Effective Strategy for the Flexible Provisioning of Service Workflows (2007)
Stein, Sebastian, Payne, Terry R., Jennings, N. R.
Recent advances in service-oriented frameworks and semantic Web technologies have enabled software agents to discover and invoke resources over large distributed systems, in order to meet their...
An Algorithm for Distributing Coalitional Value Calculations among Cooperating Agents (2007)
Rahwan, Talal, Jennings, N. R.
The process of forming coalitions of software agents generally requires calculating a value for every possible coalition which indicates how beneficial that coalition would be if it was formed. Now,...
A Multi-Dimensional Trust Model for Heterogeneous Contract Observations (2007)
Reece, Steven, Rogers, Alex, Roberts, Stephen, Jennings, N. R.
In this paper we develop a novel probabilistic model of computational trust that allows agents to exchange and combine reputation reports over heterogeneous, correlated multi-dimensional contracts....
Provisioning Heterogeneous and Unreliable Providers for Service Workflows (2007)
Stein, Sebastian, Jennings, N. R., Payne, Terry R.
Service-oriented technologies enable software agents to dynamically discover and provision remote services for their workflows. Current work has typically assumed these services to be reliable and...
Decentralised Adaptive Sampling of Wireless Sensor Networks (2007)
Kho, Johnsen, Rogers, Alex, Jennings, N. R.
Wireless sensor networks are being deployed in an increasing number and variety of applications. Currently, most of these systems adopt a centralised control mechanism, but this has issues associated...
Approximate and online multi-issue negotiation. (2007)
Fatima, S.S., Wooldridge, M., Jennings, N. R.
This paper analyzes bilateral multi-issue negotiation between self interested autonomous agents. The agents have time constraints in the form of both deadlines and discount factors. There are m > 1...
A randomised method for the shapely value for the voting game. (2007)
Fatima, S.S, Wooldridge, M., Jennings, N. R.
The Shapley value is one of the key solution concepts for coalition games. Its main advantage is that it provides a unique and fair solution, but its main problem is that, for many coalition games,...
Sequential auctions in uncertain information settings. (2007)
Fatima, S.S., Wooldridge, M., Jennings, N. R.
This paper analyzes sequential auctions for private value objects using second-price sealed-bid rules. Now, the equilibrium bids for such auctions depend on the information uncertainty of the...
A spectrum of compromise aggregation operators for multi-attribute decision making. (2007)
In many decision making problems, a number of independent attributes or criteria are often used to individually rate an alternative from an agent’s local perspective and then these individual...
Changing circumstances and levelled commitment: A compensatory approach to contracting. (2007)
In dynamic and uncertain e-commerce settings, the value of contracts can change after they have been entered into. Sometimes this can make the contract in question counterproductive to the affected...
Negotiating using rewards. (2007)
Ramchurn, S.D., Sierra, C., Godo, L., Jennings, N. R.
Negotiation is a fundamental interaction mechanism in multi-agent systems because it allows self-interested agents to come to mutually beneficial agreements and partition resources efficiently and...
Generating Bayes-Nash equilibria to design autonomous trading agents. (2007)
Vetsikas, I., Jennings, N. R., Selman, B.
This paper presents a methodology for designing trading agents for complex games. We compute, for the first time, Bayes-Nash equilibria for firstprice single-unit auctions and mth-price multi-unit...
Outperforming the competition in multi-unit sealed bid auctions. (2007)
Vetsikas, I.A., Jennings, N. R.
In this paper, we examine the behavior of bidding agents that are in direct competition with the other participants in an auction setting. Thus the agents are not simply trying to maximize their own...
Vytelingum, P., Cliff, D, Jennings, N. R.
We develop a new model to analyse the strategic behaviour of buyers and sellers in market mechanisms. In particular, we wish to understand how the different strategies they adopt affect their...
WhiteDolphin: A TAC travel agent. (2007)
Vytelingum, P., Dash, R.K., Vetsikas, I.A., Jennings, N. R.
In this paper, we detail our WhiteDolphin agent that was designed for the Trading Agent Competition (TAC) Travel game. Specifically, we employed the multi-layered IKB framework to design our...
Hyperion - Next Generation Battlespace Information Services. (2007)
Ghanea-Hercock, R., Gelenbe, E., Jennings, N. R., Smith, O., Allsopp, D.N., Healing, A., ...
Hyperion - Next Generation Battlespace Information Services. (2007)
Ghanea-Hercock, R., Gelenbe, E., Jennings, N. R., Smith, O., Allsopp, D.N., Healing, A., ...
Information Agents for Situational Awareness (2007)
Rogers, Alex, Ramchurn, S. D., Jennings, N. R.
Provide situational awareness support to first responders at the scene of a disaster. Situation awareness is the PERCEPTION of elements in the environment within a volume of time and space, the...
Adaptive Energy-Aware Sensor Networks (2007)
Teacy, L, Karatzas, D, Rogers, Alex, White, Neil, Jennings, N. R.
To develop and demonstrate an integrated approach to power managementsuch that sensors within a sensor network are able to manage their energy requirements, and harvest energyfrom the local...
Information Agents for Situational Awareness (2007)
Rogers, Alex, Ramchurn, S. D., Jennings, N. R.
Provide situational awareness support to first responders at the scene of a disaster. Situation awareness is the PERCEPTION of elements in the environment within a volume of time and space, the...
Adaptive Energy-Aware Sensor Networks (2007)
Teacy, L, Karatzas, D, Rogers, Alex, White, Neil, Jennings, N. R.
To develop and demonstrate an integrated approach to power managementsuch that sensors within a sensor network are able to manage their energy requirements, and harvest energyfrom the local...
Coordinating team players within a noisy Iterated Prisoner’s Dilemma tournament (2007)
A. Rogers, R. K. Dash, S. D. Ramchurn, P. Vytelingum, N. R. Jennings
In this paper, we present our investigation into the use of a team of players within a noisy Iterated Prisoner’s Dilemma (IPD) tournament. We show that the members of such a team are able to use a...
Certified Reputation - How an Agent Can Trust a Stranger (2006)
Huynh, T.D., Jennings, N. R., Shadbolt, N.R.
Current computational trust models are usually built either on an agent's direct experience of an interaction partner (interaction trust) or reports provided by third parties about their experiences...
Certified Reputation - How an Agent Can Trust a Stranger (2006)
Huynh, T.D., Jennings, N. R., Shadbolt, N.R.
Current computational trust models are usually built either on an agent's direct experience of an interaction partner (interaction trust) or reports provided by third parties about their experiences...
TRAVOS: Trust and Reputation in the Context of Inaccurate Information Sources (2006)
Teacy, W. T. L., Patel, J., Jennings, N. R., Luck, M.
In many dynamic open systems, agents have to interact with one another to achieve their goals. Here, agents may be self-interested, and when trusted to perform an action for another, may betray that...
TRAVOS: Trust and Reputation in the Context of Inaccurate Information Sources (2006)
Teacy, W. T. L., Patel, J., Jennings, N. R., Luck, M.
In many dynamic open systems, agents have to interact with one another to achieve their goals. Here, agents may be self-interested, and when trusted to perform an action for another, may betray that...
Interaction, planning and motivation (2006)
Jennings, N. R., Cohn, A.C., Fox, M., Long, D., Luck, M.M., Michaelides, D.T., ...
Designing a Successful Trading Agent for Supply Chain Management (2006)
He, Minghua, Rogers, Alex, Luo, Xudong, Jennings, N. R.
This paper describes the design and evaluation of SouthamptonSCM, the runner-up in the 2005 International Trading Agent Supply Chain Management Competition (TAC SCM). In particular, we focus on the...
Managing Social Influences through Argumentation-Based Negotiation (2006)
Karunatillake, N. C., Jennings, N. R., Rahwan, I., Ramchurn, S. D.
Social influences play an important part in the actions that an individual agent may perform within a multi-agent society. However, the incomplete knowledge and the diverse and conflicting influences...
Computational Mechanism Design for Information Fusion within Sensor Networks (2006)
Rogers, Alex, Dash, Rajdeep K., Jennings, N. R., Reece, Steve, Roberts, Stephen
Conventional centralised information fusion and control architectures will be challenged by developments in sensor networks that allow sophisticated autonomous sensors, owned by different...
Auction Mechanisms for efficient Advertisment Selection on Public Display (2006)
Payne, Terry R., David, Esther, Jennings, N. R., Sharifi, Matthew
Public electronic displays can be used as an advertising medium when space is a scarce resource, and it is desirable to expose many adverts to as wide an audience as possible. Although the efficiency...
Overlapping Coalition Formation for Efficient Data Fusion in Multi-Sensor Networks (2006)
Dang, Viet Dung, Dash, Rajdeep K., Rogers, Alex, Jennings, N. R.
This paper develops new algorithms for coalition formation within multi-sensor networks tasked with performing widearea surveillance. Specifically, we cast this application as an instance of...
Phase Transitions and Symmetry Breaking in Genetic Algorithms with Crossover (2006)
Rogers, Alex, Prügel-Bennett, Adam, Jennings, N. R.
In this paper, we consider the role of the crossover operator in genetic algorithms. Specifically, we study optimisation problems that exhibit many local optima and consider how crossover affects the...
Flexible Provisioning of Service Workflows (2006)
Stein, Sebastian, Jennings, N. R., Payne, Terry R.
Service-oriented computing is a promising paradigm for highly distributed and complex computer systems. In such systems, services are offered by provider agents over a computer network and...
Coalition structure generation in task-based settings (2006)
The coalition formation process, in which a number of independent, autonomous agents come together to act as a collective, is an important form of interaction in multi-agent systems. However, one of...
Dutta, P.S., Jennings, N. R., Moreau, L.
A major challenge in efficiently solving distributed resource allocation problems is to cope with the dynamic state changes that characterise such systems. An effective solution to this problem...
On efficient procedures for multi-issue negotiation (2006)
Fatima, S.S., Wooldridge, M., Jennings, N. R.
This paper studies bilateral, multi-issue negotiation between self-interested agents with deadlines. There are a number of procedures for negotiating the issues and each of these gives a different...
Competing sellers in online markets: reserve prices, shill bidding and auction fees (2006)
Gerding, E.H., Rogers, A., Dash, R.K., Jennings, N. R.
In this paper, we consider competition between sellers offering similar items in concurrent online auctions, where each seller must set its individual auction parameters (such as the reserve price)...
Optimal bidding strategies for simultaneous Vickrey auctions with perfect substitutes (2006)
Gerding, E.H., Dash, R.K., Yuen, D.C.K., Jennings, N. R.
In this paper, we derive optimal bidding strategies for a global bidder who participates in multiple, simultaneous second-price auctions with perfect substitutes. We first consider a model where all...
An integrated trust and reputation model for open multi-agent systems (2006)
Huynh, T.D., Jennings, N. R., Shadbolt, N.R.
Trust and reputation are central to effective interactions in open multi-agent systems in which agents, that are owned by a variety of stakeholders, continuously enter and leave the system. This...
Negotiating using rewards (2006)
Ramchurn, S.D., Sierra, C., Godo, L., Jennings, N. R.
In situations where self-interested agents interact repeatedly, it is important that they are endowed with negotiation techniques that enable them to reach agreements that are profitable in the long...
Forming efficient agent groups for completing complex tasks (2006)
Manisterski, E., David, E., Kraus, S., Jennings, N. R.
In this paper we produce complexity and impossibility results and develop algorithms for a task allocation problem that needs to be solved by a group of autonomous agents working together. In...
A utility-based sensing and communication model for a glacial sensor network (2006)
Padhy, P., Dash, R.K., Martinez, K., Jennings, N. R.
This paper reports on the development of a utility-based mechanism for managing sensing and communication in cooperative multi-sensor networks. The specific application considered is that of...
Evolutionary stability of behavioural types in the continuous double auction (2006)
Vytellingum, P., Cliff, D., Jennings, N. R.
In this paper, we investigate the effectiveness of different types of bidding behaviour for trading agents in the Continuous Double Auction (CDA). Specifically, we consider behavioural types that are...
Heuristic bidding strategies for multiple heterogeneous auctions (2006)
Yuen, D., Byde, A., Jennings, N. R.
This paper investigates utility maximising bidding heuristics for agents that participate in multiple heterogeneous auctions, in which the auction format and the starting and closing times can be...
Flexible Provisioning of Semantic Web Service Workflows using a QoS Ontology (2006)
Stein, Sebastian, Payne, Terry R., Jennings, N. R.
Semantic Web services allow applications to automatically discover and provision distributed services at runtime. However, when such services are offered by autonomous providers, as is common in...
Risk-bounded formation of fuzzy coalitions among service agents. (2006)
Blankenburg, B., He, M., Klusch, M., Jennings, N. R.
Cooperative autonomous agents form coalitions in order ro share and combine resources and services to efficiently respond to market demands. With the variety of resources and services provided online...
Multi-issue negotiation with deadlines. (2006)
Fatima, S.S., Wooldridge, M., Jennings, N. R.
This paper studies bilateral multi-issue negotiation between self-interested autonomous agents. Now, there are a number of different procedures that can be used for this process; the three main ones...
Building agents that plan and argue in a social context. (2006)
Kalofonos, D., Karunatillake, N., Jennings, N. R., Norman, T.J., Reed, C., Wells, S.
In order for one agent to meet its goals, it will often need to influence another to act on its behalf, particularly in a society in which agents have heterogenous sets of abilities. To effect such...
Learning to negotiate optimally in non-stationary environments. (2006)
Narayanan, V., Jennings, N. R.
We Adopt the Markov chain framework to model bilateral negotiations among agents in dynamic environments and use Bayesian learning to enable them to learn an optimal strategy in incomplete...
Trading strategies for markets: A design framework and its application (2006)
Vytelingum, P, Dash, R.K., He, M., Sykulski, A., Jennings, N. R.
In this paper, we present a novel multi-layered framework for designing strategies for trading agents. The objective of this work is to provide a framework that will assist strategy designers with...
Delivering Services by Building and Running Virtual Organisations (2006)
Nguyen, D., Thompson, S. G., Patel, J., Teacy, W. T. L., Jennings, N. R., Luck, M., ...
In our view, customers in the future are likely to obtain their services from coalitions of service providers. These coalitions can be described as virtual organisations (VOs); they are group of...
Interaction, planning and motivation (2006)
Jennings, N. R., Cohn, A.C., Fox, M., Long, D., Luck, M.M., Michaelides, D.T., ...
Designing a Successful Trading Agent for Supply Chain Management (2006)
He, Minghua, Rogers, Alex, Luo, Xudong, Jennings, N. R.
This paper describes the design and evaluation of SouthamptonSCM, the runner-up in the 2005 International Trading Agent Supply Chain Management Competition (TAC SCM). In particular, we focus on the...
Computational Mechanism Design for Information Fusion within Sensor Networks (2006)
Rogers, Alex, Dash, Rajdeep K., Jennings, N. R., Reece, Steve, Roberts, Stephen
Conventional centralised information fusion and control architectures will be challenged by developments in sensor networks that allow sophisticated autonomous sensors, owned by different...
Auction Mechanisms for efficient Advertisment Selection on Public Display (2006)
Payne, Terry R., David, Esther, Jennings, N. R., Sharifi, Matthew
Public electronic displays can be used as an advertising medium when space is a scarce resource, and it is desirable to expose many adverts to as wide an audience as possible. Although the efficiency...
Overlapping Coalition Formation for Efficient Data Fusion in Multi-Sensor Networks (2006)
Dang, Viet Dung, Dash, Rajdeep K., Rogers, Alex, Jennings, N. R.
This paper develops new algorithms for coalition formation within multi-sensor networks tasked with performing widearea surveillance. Specifically, we cast this application as an instance of...
Phase Transitions and Symmetry Breaking in Genetic Algorithms with Crossover (2006)
Rogers, Alex, Prügel-Bennett, Adam, Jennings, N. R.
In this paper, we consider the role of the crossover operator in genetic algorithms. Specifically, we study optimisation problems that exhibit many local optima and consider how crossover affects the...
Flexible Provisioning of Service Workflows (2006)
Stein, Sebastian, Jennings, N. R., Payne, Terry R.
Service-oriented computing is a promising paradigm for highly distributed and complex computer systems. In such systems, services are offered by provider agents over a computer network and...
Coalition structure generation in task-based settings (2006)
The coalition formation process, in which a number of independent, autonomous agents come together to act as a collective, is an important form of interaction in multi-agent systems. However, one of...
Dutta, P.S., Jennings, N. R., Moreau, L.
A major challenge in efficiently solving distributed resource allocation problems is to cope with the dynamic state changes that characterise such systems. An effective solution to this problem...
On efficient procedures for multi-issue negotiation (2006)
Fatima, S.S., Wooldridge, M., Jennings, N. R.
This paper studies bilateral, multi-issue negotiation between self-interested agents with deadlines. There are a number of procedures for negotiating the issues and each of these gives a different...
Competing sellers in online markets: reserve prices, shill bidding and auction fees (2006)
Gerding, E.H., Rogers, A., Dash, R.K., Jennings, N. R.
In this paper, we consider competition between sellers offering similar items in concurrent online auctions, where each seller must set its individual auction parameters (such as the reserve price)...
Optimal bidding strategies for simultaneous Vickrey auctions with perfect substitutes (2006)
Gerding, E.H., Dash, R.K., Yuen, D.C.K., Jennings, N. R.
In this paper, we derive optimal bidding strategies for a global bidder who participates in multiple, simultaneous second-price auctions with perfect substitutes. We first consider a model where all...
Negotiating using rewards (2006)
Ramchurn, S.D., Sierra, C., Godo, L., Jennings, N. R.
In situations where self-interested agents interact repeatedly, it is important that they are endowed with negotiation techniques that enable them to reach agreements that are profitable in the long...
Forming efficient agent groups for completing complex tasks (2006)
Manisterski, E., David, E., Kraus, S., Jennings, N. R.
In this paper we produce complexity and impossibility results and develop algorithms for a task allocation problem that needs to be solved by a group of autonomous agents working together. In...
An integrated trust and reputation model for open multi-agent systems (2006)
Huynh, T.D., Jennings, N. R., Shadbolt, N.R.
Trust and reputation are central to effective interactions in open multi-agent systems in which agents, that are owned by a variety of stakeholders, continuously enter and leave the system. This...
A utility-based sensing and communication model for a glacial sensor network (2006)
Padhy, P., Dash, R.K., Martinez, K., Jennings, N. R.
This paper reports on the development of a utility-based mechanism for managing sensing and communication in cooperative multi-sensor networks. The specific application considered is that of...
Evolutionary stability of behavioural types in the continuous double auction (2006)
Vytellingum, P., Cliff, D., Jennings, N. R.
In this paper, we investigate the effectiveness of different types of bidding behaviour for trading agents in the Continuous Double Auction (CDA). Specifically, we consider behavioural types that are...
Heuristic bidding strategies for multiple heterogeneous auctions (2006)
Yuen, D., Byde, A., Jennings, N. R.
This paper investigates utility maximising bidding heuristics for agents that participate in multiple heterogeneous auctions, in which the auction format and the starting and closing times can be...
Flexible Provisioning of Semantic Web Service Workflows using a QoS Ontology (2006)
Stein, Sebastian, Payne, Terry R., Jennings, N. R.
Semantic Web services allow applications to automatically discover and provision distributed services at runtime. However, when such services are offered by autonomous providers, as is common in...
Risk-bounded formation of fuzzy coalitions among service agents. (2006)
Blankenburg, B., He, M., Klusch, M., Jennings, N. R.
Cooperative autonomous agents form coalitions in order ro share and combine resources and services to efficiently respond to market demands. With the variety of resources and services provided online...
Multi-issue negotiation with deadlines. (2006)
Fatima, S.S., Wooldridge, M., Jennings, N. R.
This paper studies bilateral multi-issue negotiation between self-interested autonomous agents. Now, there are a number of different procedures that can be used for this process; the three main ones...
Building agents that plan and argue in a social context. (2006)
Kalofonos, D., Karunatillake, N., Jennings, N. R., Norman, T.J., Reed, C., Wells, S.
In order for one agent to meet its goals, it will often need to influence another to act on its behalf, particularly in a society in which agents have heterogenous sets of abilities. To effect such...
Learning to negotiate optimally in non-stationary environments. (2006)
Narayanan, V., Jennings, N. R.
We Adopt the Markov chain framework to model bilateral negotiations among agents in dynamic environments and use Bayesian learning to enable them to learn an optimal strategy in incomplete...
Trading strategies for markets: A design framework and its application (2006)
Vytelingum, P, Dash, R.K., He, M., Sykulski, A., Jennings, N. R.
In this paper, we present a novel multi-layered framework for designing strategies for trading agents. The objective of this work is to provide a framework that will assist strategy designers with...
A Heuristic Bidding Strategy for Buying Multiple Goods in Multiple English Auctions. (2006)
He, M, Jennings, N. R., Prugel-Bennett, A
This paper presents the design, implementation, and evaluation of a novel bidding algorithm that a software agent can use to obtain multiple goods from multiple overlapping English auctions....
Luo, X, Jennings, N. R., Shadbolt, N.
A wide range of algorithms have been developed for various types of negotiating agents. In developing such algorithms the main focus has been on their efficiency and their effectiveness. However,...
A Heuristic Bidding Strategy for Buying Multiple Goods in Multiple English Auctions. (2006)
He, M, Jennings, N. R., Prugel-Bennett, A
This paper presents the design, implementation, and evaluation of a novel bidding algorithm that a software agent can use to obtain multiple goods from multiple overlapping English auctions....
Luo, X, Jennings, N. R., Shadbolt, N.
A wide range of algorithms have been developed for various types of negotiating agents. In developing such algorithms the main focus has been on their efficiency and their effectiveness. However,...
Computational mechanism design for information fusion within sensor networks (2006)
A. Rogers, R. K. Dash, N. R. Jennings
Abstract- Conventional centralised information fusion and control architectures will be challenged by developments in sensor networks that allow sophisticated autonomous sensors, owned by different...
Computational mechanism design for information fusion within sensor networks (2006)
A. Rogers, R. K. Dash, N. R. Jennings
Abstract- Conventional centralised information fusion and control architectures will be challenged by developments in sensor networks that allow sophisticated autonomous sensors, owned by different...
Cooperative information sharing to improve distributed learning in multi-agent systems (2005)
Dutta, P.S., Jennings, N. R., Moreau, L.
Effective coordination of agents' actions in partially-observable domains is a major challenge of multi-agent systems research. To address this, many researchers have developed techniques that allow...
Cooperative information sharing to improve distributed learning in multi-agent systems (2005)
Dutta, P.S., Jennings, N. R., Moreau, L.
Effective coordination of agents' actions in partially-observable domains is a major challenge of multi-agent systems research. To address this, many researchers have developed techniques that allow...
Resource allocation in communication networks using market-based agents (2005)
Haque, N., Jennings, N. R., Moreau, L.
This work describes a system that allocates end-to-end bandwidth, in a switched meshed communications network. The solution makes use of market-based software agents that compete in a number of...
Resource allocation in communication networks using market-based agents (2005)
Haque, N., Jennings, N. R., Moreau, L.
This work describes a system that allocates end-to-end bandwidth, in a switched meshed communications network. The solution makes use of market-based software agents that compete in a number of...
Self-Organized Routing For Wireless Micro-Sensor Networks (2005)
Rogers, Alex, David, Esther, Jennings, N. R.
In this paper we develop an energy-aware self-organized routing algorithm for the networking of simple battery-powered wireless micro-sensors (as found, for example, in security or environmental...
Self-Organized Routing For Wireless Micro-Sensor Networks (2005)
Rogers, Alex, David, Esther, Jennings, N. R.
In this paper we develop an energy-aware self-organized routing algorithm for the networking of simple battery-powered wireless micro-sensors (as found, for example, in security or environmental...
Bargaining with incomplete information (2005)
Fatima, S., Wooldridge, M., Jennings, N. R.
This paper analyses the process and outcomes of competitive bilateral negotiation for a model based on negotiation decision functions. Each agent has time constraints in the form of a deadline and a...
The Semantic Grid: Past, Present and Future (2005)
De Roure, David, Jennings, N. R., Shadbolt, Nigel R
Grid computing offers significant enhancements to our capabilities for computation, information processing and collaboration, and has exciting ambitions in many fields of endeavour. In this paper we...
Protocol engineering for web services conversations (2005)
Paurobally, S., Jennings, N. R.
Although web services aim to bring about seamless and effective communication in a wide variety of Internet applications, the interactions between them are currently limited to simple...
Optimal Design Of English Auctions With Discrete Bid Levels (2005)
David, Esther, Rogers, Alex, Schiff, Jeremy, Kraus, Sarit, Jennings, N. R.
In this paper we consider a common form of the English auction that is widely used in online Internet auctions. This discrete bid auction requires that the bidders may only submit bids which meet...
A Probabilistic Trust Model for Handling Inaccurate Reputation Sources (2005)
Patel, Jigar, Teacy, W. T. Luke, Jennings, N. R., Luck, Michael
This research aims to develop a model of trust and reputation that will ensure good interactions amongst software agents in large scale open systems in particular. The following are key drivers for...
Teacy, W. T. L., Patel, J., Jennings, N. R., Luck, M.
This research aims to develop a model of trust and reputation that will ensure good interactions amongst software agents in large scale open systems. The following are key drivers for our model: (1)...
Agent-Based Virtual Organisations for the Grid (2005)
Patel, Jigar, Teacy, W. T. Luke, Jennings, N. R., Luck, Michael, Chalmers, Stuart, Oren, Nir, ...
The ability to create reliable, scalable virtual organisations (VOs) on demand in a dynamic, open and competitive environment is one of the challenges that underlie Grid computing. In response, in...
Trust evaluation through relationship analysis (2005)
Ashri, R., Ramchurn, S.D., Sabater, J., Luck, M., Jennings, N. R.
Current mechanisms for evaluating the trustworthiness of an agent within an electronic marketplace depend either on using a history of interactions or on recommendations from other agents. In the...
A Software Framework for Automated Negotiation (2005)
Bartolini, C., Priest, C., Jennings, N. R.
If agents are to negotiate automatically with one another they must share a negotiation mechanism, specifying what possible actions each party can take at any given time, when negotiation terminates,...
Trusted kernel-based coalition formation (2005)
Blankenburg, B., Dash, R.K., Ramchurn, S.D., Klusch, M., Jennings, N. R.
We define Trusted Kernel-based Coalition Formation as a novel extension to the traditional kernel-based coalition formation process which ensures agents choose the most reliable coalition partners...
Using reinforcement learning to coordinate better (2005)
Excelente-Toledo, C.B., Jennings, N. R.
This paper examines the potential and the impact of introducing learning capabilities into autonomous agents that make decisions at run-time about which mechanism to exploit in order to coordinate...
Sequential auctions for objects with common and private values (2005)
Fatima, S., Wooldridge, M., Jennings, N. R.
Sequential auctions are an important mechanism for buying/selling multiple objects. Existing work has studied sequential auctions for objects that are exclusively either common value or private...
Argument-based negotiation within a social context (2005)
Karunatillake, N.C., Jennings, N. R., Rahwan, I., Norman, T.J.
Argumentation-based negotiation (ABN) provides agents with an effective means to resolve conflicts within a multi-agent society. However, to engage in such argumentative encounters the agents require...
An adaptive bilateral negotiation model for e-commerce settings (2005)
Narayanan, V., Jennings, N. R.
This paper studies adaptive bilateral negotiation between software agents in e-commerce environments. Specifically, we assume that the agents are self-interested, the environment is dynamic, and both...
Managing commitments in multiple concurrent negotiations (2005)
Automated negotiations by software agents is a key enabling technology for agent mediated e-commerce. To this end, this paper considers an important class of such negotiations - namely those in which...
CONOISE-G: Agent-based virtual organisations for the Grid (2005)
Patel, J., Teacy, W.T.L., Jennings, N. R., Luck, M., Chalmers, S., Oren, N., ...
The ability to create reliable and scalable virtual organisations (VOs) on demand in a dynamic, open and competitive environment is one of the challenges that underlie Grid computing. In response, in...
A formal framework for the semantics of agent interactions (2005)
Paurobally, S., Cunningham, J., Jennings, N. R.
Although informative, the semantic denition proposed for the most standard agent communication language (FIPA ACL 1997) is complicated and contentious, while published inter-action protocols (IPs)...
A market-based approach to recommender systems (2005)
Wei, Y.Z., Moreau, L., Jennings, N. R.
Recommender systems have been widely advocated as a way of coping with the problem of information overload for knowledge workers. Given this, multiple recommendation methods have been developed....
Learning users' interests by quality classification in market-based recommender systems (2005)
Wei, Y.Z., Moreau, L., Jennings, N. R.
Recommender systems are widely used to cope with the problem of information overload and, to date, many recommendation methods have been developed. However, no one technique is best for all users in...
Rogers, A, David, E, Schiff, J, Kraus, S, Jennings, N. R.
In this paper we consider the optimal design of English auctions with discrete bid levels. Such auctions are widely used in online internet settings and our aim is to automate their configuration in...
Designing and Evaluating an Adaptive Trading Agent for Supply Chain Management Applications (2005)
He, Minghua, Rogers, Alex, David, Esther, Jennings, N. R.
This paper describes the design and evaluation of SouthamptonSCM, a finalist in the 2004 Trading Agent Supply Chain Management Competition (TAC SCM). In particular, we focus on the way in which our...
Dash, Rajdeep, Rogers, Alex, Reece, Steve, Roberts, Stephen, Jennings, N. R.
Sensor networks are increasingly seen as a solution for a large number of environmental, security and military monitoring tasks. Typically, in these networks, noisy data from a number of local...
Arguing and negotiating in the presence of social influences (2005)
Karunatillake, N. C., Jennings, N. R., Rahwan, I., Norman, T. J.
When agents operate in a society with incomplete information and with diverse and conflicting influences, they may, in certain instances, lack the knowledge, the motivation and/or the capacity to...
An Analysis of Sequential Auctions for Common and Private Value Objects (2005)
Fatima, S.S., Wooldridge, M., Jennings, N. R.
Sequential auctions are an important mechanism for buying/selling multiple objects. Existing work has studied sequential auctions for objects that are exclusively either common value or private...
An Analysis of the Shapley Value and its Uncertainty for the Voting Game (2005)
Fatima, S., Wooldridge, M., Jennings, N. R.
The Shapley value provides a unique solution to coalition games and is used to evaluate a player’s prospects of playing a game. Although it provides a unique solution, there is an element of...
Optimal Agendas for Sequential Auctions for Common and Private Value Objects (2005)
Fatima, S.S., Wooldridge, M., Jennings, N. R.
This paper analyzes sequential auctions for objects that have both common and private values. Existing work has studied sequential auctions for objects that are either exclusively common or private...
On Handling Inaccurate Witness Reports (2005)
Huynh, T.D., Jennings, N. R., Shadbolt, N.
Witness reports are a key building block for reputation systems in open multi-agent systems in which agents, that are owned by a variety of stakeholders, continuously enter and leave the system....
Developing Agent Web Service Agreements (2005)
Paurobaly, S., Jennings, N. R.
Web services have emerged as a new paradigm that supports loosely-coupled distributed systems in service discovery and servce execution. Next generation web services will evolve from performing...
Combinatorial Markets for Efficient Electricity Management (2005)
The deregulation of the electricity industry in many countries has created a number of marketplaces in which producers and consumers can operate in order to more effectively manage and meet their...
Distributing Coalitional Value Calculations Among Cooperating Agents (2005)
The process of forming coalitions of software agents generally requires calculating a value for every possible coalition which indicates how beneficial that coalition would be if it was formed. Now,...
Unifying Learning in Games and Graphical Models (2005)
Rezek, I., Roberts, S.J., Rogers, A., Dash, R.K., Jennings, N. R.
The ever increasing use of intelligent multi-agent systems poses increasing demands upon them. One of these is the ability to reason consistently under uncertainty. This, in turn, is the dominant...
A Framework for Designing Strategies for Trading Agents (2005)
Vytelingum, P., Dash, R.K., He, M., Jennings, N. R.
In this paper, we present a novel multi-layered framework for designing strategies for trading agents. The objective of this work is to provide a framework that will assist strategy designers with...
A comparative study of game theoretic and evolutionary models for software agents (2005)
Fatima, S., Wooldridge, M., Jennings, N. R.
Most of the existing work in the study of bargaining behaviour uses techniques from game theory. Game theoretic models for bargaining assume that players are perfectly rational and that this...
Monitoring, Policing and Trust for Grid-Based Virtual Organisations (2005)
Patel, Jigar, Teacy, W. T. Luke, Jennings, N. R., Luck, Michael, Chalmers, Stuart, Oren, Nir, ...
A key challenge in Grid Computing is the ability to create reliable and scalable virtual organisations (VOs) which operate in an open, dynamic and competitive environment. In response, in the...
Scalability and Robustness of a Market-Based Network Resource Allocation System (2005)
Haque, Nadim, Jennings, N. R., Moreau, Luc
In this paper, we consider issues related to scalability and robustness in designing a market-based multi-agent system that allocates bandwidth in a communications network. Specifically, an empirical...
Research directions for service-oriented multiagent systems (2005)
Huhns, M., Singh, M., Burstein, M., Decker, K., Durfee, E., Finin, T., ...
Agent-Based Virtual Organisations for the Grid (2005)
Patel, J., Teacy, W.T.L., Jennings, N. R., Luck, M., Chalmers, S., Oren, N., ...
Bargaining with incomplete information (2005)
Fatima, S., Wooldridge, M., Jennings, N. R.
This paper analyses the process and outcomes of competitive bilateral negotiation for a model based on negotiation decision functions. Each agent has time constraints in the form of a deadline and a...
The Semantic Grid: Past, Present and Future (2005)
De Roure, David, Jennings, N. R., Shadbolt, Nigel R
Grid computing offers significant enhancements to our capabilities for computation, information processing and collaboration, and has exciting ambitions in many fields of endeavour. In this paper we...
Protocol engineering for web services conversations (2005)
Paurobally, S., Jennings, N. R.
Although web services aim to bring about seamless and effective communication in a wide variety of Internet applications, the interactions between them are currently limited to simple...
Optimal Design Of English Auctions With Discrete Bid Levels (2005)
David, Esther, Rogers, Alex, Schiff, Jeremy, Kraus, Sarit, Jennings, N. R.
In this paper we consider a common form of the English auction that is widely used in online Internet auctions. This discrete bid auction requires that the bidders may only submit bids which meet...
A Probabilistic Trust Model for Handling Inaccurate Reputation Sources (2005)
Patel, Jigar, Teacy, W. T. Luke, Jennings, N. R., Luck, Michael
This research aims to develop a model of trust and reputation that will ensure good interactions amongst software agents in large scale open systems in particular. The following are key drivers for...
Agent-Based Virtual Organisations for the Grid (2005)
Patel, Jigar, Teacy, W. T. Luke, Jennings, N. R., Luck, Michael, Chalmers, Stuart, Oren, Nir, ...
The ability to create reliable, scalable virtual organisations (VOs) on demand in a dynamic, open and competitive environment is one of the challenges that underlie Grid computing. In response, in...
Trust evaluation through relationship analysis (2005)
Ashri, R., Ramchurn, S.D., Sabater, J., Luck, M., Jennings, N. R.
Current mechanisms for evaluating the trustworthiness of an agent within an electronic marketplace depend either on using a history of interactions or on recommendations from other agents. In the...
A Software Framework for Automated Negotiation (2005)
Bartolini, C., Priest, C., Jennings, N. R.
If agents are to negotiate automatically with one another they must share a negotiation mechanism, specifying what possible actions each party can take at any given time, when negotiation terminates,...
Trusted kernel-based coalition formation (2005)
Blankenburg, B., Dash, R.K., Ramchurn, S.D., Klusch, M., Jennings, N. R.
We define Trusted Kernel-based Coalition Formation as a novel extension to the traditional kernel-based coalition formation process which ensures agents choose the most reliable coalition partners...
Using reinforcement learning to coordinate better (2005)
Excelente-Toledo, C.B., Jennings, N. R.
This paper examines the potential and the impact of introducing learning capabilities into autonomous agents that make decisions at run-time about which mechanism to exploit in order to coordinate...
Sequential auctions for objects with common and private values (2005)
Fatima, S., Wooldridge, M., Jennings, N. R.
Sequential auctions are an important mechanism for buying/selling multiple objects. Existing work has studied sequential auctions for objects that are exclusively either common value or private...
Argument-based negotiation within a social context (2005)
Karunatillake, N.C., Jennings, N. R., Rahwan, I., Norman, T.J.
Argumentation-based negotiation (ABN) provides agents with an effective means to resolve conflicts within a multi-agent society. However, to engage in such argumentative encounters the agents require...
An adaptive bilateral negotiation model for e-commerce settings (2005)
Narayanan, V., Jennings, N. R.
This paper studies adaptive bilateral negotiation between software agents in e-commerce environments. Specifically, we assume that the agents are self-interested, the environment is dynamic, and both...
Managing commitments in multiple concurrent negotiations (2005)
Automated negotiations by software agents is a key enabling technology for agent mediated e-commerce. To this end, this paper considers an important class of such negotiations - namely those in which...
CONOISE-G: Agent-based virtual organisations for the Grid (2005)
Patel, J., Teacy, W.T.L., Jennings, N. R., Luck, M., Chalmers, S., Oren, N., ...
The ability to create reliable and scalable virtual organisations (VOs) on demand in a dynamic, open and competitive environment is one of the challenges that underlie Grid computing. In response, in...
A formal framework for the semantics of agent interactions (2005)
Paurobally, S., Cunningham, J., Jennings, N. R.
Although informative, the semantic denition proposed for the most standard agent communication language (FIPA ACL 1997) is complicated and contentious, while published inter-action protocols (IPs)...
A market-based approach to recommender systems (2005)
Wei, Y.Z., Moreau, L., Jennings, N. R.
Recommender systems have been widely advocated as a way of coping with the problem of information overload for knowledge workers. Given this, multiple recommendation methods have been developed....
Learning users' interests by quality classification in market-based recommender systems (2005)
Wei, Y.Z., Moreau, L., Jennings, N. R.
Recommender systems are widely used to cope with the problem of information overload and, to date, many recommendation methods have been developed. However, no one technique is best for all users in...
Rogers, A, David, E, Schiff, J, Kraus, S, Jennings, N. R.
In this paper we consider the optimal design of English auctions with discrete bid levels. Such auctions are widely used in online internet settings and our aim is to automate their configuration in...
Designing and Evaluating an Adaptive Trading Agent for Supply Chain Management Applications (2005)
He, Minghua, Rogers, Alex, David, Esther, Jennings, N. R.
This paper describes the design and evaluation of SouthamptonSCM, a finalist in the 2004 Trading Agent Supply Chain Management Competition (TAC SCM). In particular, we focus on the way in which our...
Dash, Rajdeep, Rogers, Alex, Reece, Steve, Roberts, Stephen, Jennings, N. R.
Sensor networks are increasingly seen as a solution for a large number of environmental, security and military monitoring tasks. Typically, in these networks, noisy data from a number of local...
Arguing and negotiating in the presence of social influences (2005)
Karunatillake, N. C., Jennings, N. R., Rahwan, I., Norman, T. J.
When agents operate in a society with incomplete information and with diverse and conflicting influences, they may, in certain instances, lack the knowledge, the motivation and/or the capacity to...
An Analysis of Sequential Auctions for Common and Private Value Objects (2005)
Fatima, S.S., Wooldridge, M., Jennings, N. R.
Sequential auctions are an important mechanism for buying/selling multiple objects. Existing work has studied sequential auctions for objects that are exclusively either common value or private...
An Analysis of the Shapley Value and its Uncertainty for the Voting Game (2005)
Fatima, S., Wooldridge, M., Jennings, N. R.
The Shapley value provides a unique solution to coalition games and is used to evaluate a player’s prospects of playing a game. Although it provides a unique solution, there is an element of...
Optimal Agendas for Sequential Auctions for Common and Private Value Objects (2005)
Fatima, S.S., Wooldridge, M., Jennings, N. R.
This paper analyzes sequential auctions for objects that have both common and private values. Existing work has studied sequential auctions for objects that are either exclusively common or private...
On Handling Inaccurate Witness Reports (2005)
Huynh, T.D., Jennings, N. R., Shadbolt, N.
Witness reports are a key building block for reputation systems in open multi-agent systems in which agents, that are owned by a variety of stakeholders, continuously enter and leave the system....
Developing Agent Web Service Agreements (2005)
Paurobaly, S., Jennings, N. R.
Web services have emerged as a new paradigm that supports loosely-coupled distributed systems in service discovery and servce execution. Next generation web services will evolve from performing...
Combinatorial Markets for Efficient Electricity Management (2005)
The deregulation of the electricity industry in many countries has created a number of marketplaces in which producers and consumers can operate in order to more effectively manage and meet their...
Distributing Coalitional Value Calculations Among Cooperating Agents (2005)
The process of forming coalitions of software agents generally requires calculating a value for every possible coalition which indicates how beneficial that coalition would be if it was formed. Now,...
Unifying Learning in Games and Graphical Models (2005)
Rezek, I., Roberts, S.J., Rogers, A., Dash, R.K., Jennings, N. R.
The ever increasing use of intelligent multi-agent systems poses increasing demands upon them. One of these is the ability to reason consistently under uncertainty. This, in turn, is the dominant...
A Framework for Designing Strategies for Trading Agents (2005)
Vytelingum, P., Dash, R.K., He, M., Jennings, N. R.
In this paper, we present a novel multi-layered framework for designing strategies for trading agents. The objective of this work is to provide a framework that will assist strategy designers with...
A comparative study of game theoretic and evolutionary models for software agents (2005)
Fatima, S., Wooldridge, M., Jennings, N. R.
Most of the existing work in the study of bargaining behaviour uses techniques from game theory. Game theoretic models for bargaining assume that players are perfectly rational and that this...
Monitoring, Policing and Trust for Grid-Based Virtual Organisations (2005)
Patel, Jigar, Teacy, W. T. Luke, Jennings, N. R., Luck, Michael, Chalmers, Stuart, Oren, Nir, ...
A key challenge in Grid Computing is the ability to create reliable and scalable virtual organisations (VOs) which operate in an open, dynamic and competitive environment. In response, in the...
Scalability and Robustness of a Market-Based Network Resource Allocation System (2005)
Haque, Nadim, Jennings, N. R., Moreau, Luc
In this paper, we consider issues related to scalability and robustness in designing a market-based multi-agent system that allocates bandwidth in a communications network. Specifically, an empirical...
Research directions for service-oriented multiagent systems (2005)
Huhns, M., Singh, M., Burstein, M., Decker, K., Durfee, E., Finin, T., ...
Scalability and Robustness of a Network Resource Allocation System Using Market-Based Agents (2005)
Haque, N, Jennings, N. R., Moreau, L
In this paper, we consider issues associated with scalability and robustness in designing a market-based multi-agent system that allocates bandwidth in a communications network. Specifically, an...
Scalability and Robustness of a Network Resource Allocation System Using Market-Based Agents (2005)
Haque, N, Jennings, N. R., Moreau, L
In this paper, we consider issues associated with scalability and robustness in designing a market-based multi-agent system that allocates bandwidth in a communications network. Specifically, an...
A framework for designing strategies for trading agents (2005)
P. Vytelingum, R. K. Dash, M. He, A. Sykulski, N. R. Jennings
Abstract. In this paper, we present a novel multi-layered framework for designing strategies for trading agents. The objective of this work is to provide a framework that will assist strategy...
Resource allocation in communication networks using market-based agents (2005)
N. Haque, N. R. Jennings, L. Moreau A
This work describes a system that allocates end-to-end bandwidth, in a switched meshed communications network. The solution makes use of market-based software agents that compete in a number of...
R. K. Dash, A. Rogers, N. R. Jennings
Abstract – Sensor networks are increasingly seen as a solution for a large number of environmental, security and military monitoring tasks. Typically, in these networks, noisy data from a number of...
A. Rogers, E. David, J. Schiff, S. Kraus, N. R. Jennings
Abstract. In this paper we consider the optimal design of English auctions with discrete bid levels. Such auctions are widely used in online internet settings and our aim is to automate their...
A. Rogers, E. David, J. Schiff, S. Kraus, N. R. Jennings
Abstract. In this paper we consider the optimal design of English auctions with discrete bid levels. Such auctions are widely used in online internet settings and our aim is to automate their...
Agent-Based Formation of Virtual Organisations (2004)
Fiddian, Nicholas John, Jennings, N.R., Norman, T.J., Preece, A.
Agent-based formation of virtual organisations (2004)
Norman, Timothy J., Preece, Alun David, Chalmers, Stuart, Jennings, N.R., Luck, Michael, Dang, Viet D., ...
Virtual organisations (VOs) are composed of a number of individuals, departments or organisations each of which has a range of capabilities and resources at their disposal. These VOs are formed so...
Designing a successful trading agent using fuzzy techniques (2004)
Software agents are increasingly being used to represent humans in on-line auctions. Such agents have the advantages of being able to systematically monitor a wide variety of auctions and then make...
An agenda based framework for multi-issues negotiation (2004)
Fatima, S., Wooldridge, M, Jennings, N. R.
This paper presents a new model for multi-issue negotiation under time constraints in an incomplete information setting. The issues to be bargained over can be associated with a single good/service...
Acquiring domain knowledge for negotiating agents: a case study (2004)
Castro-Schez, J.J., Jennings, N. R., Luo, X., Shadbolt, N.
In this paper, we employ the fuzzy repertory table technique to acquire the necessary domain knowledge for software agents to act as sellers and buyers using a bilateral, multi-issue negotiation...
The dynamic selection of coordination mechanisms (2004)
Excelente-Toledo, C.B., Jennings, N. R.
This paper presents and evaluates a decision making framework that enables autonomous agents to dynamically select the mechanism they employ in order to coordinate their inter-related activities....
Agent-based formation of virtual organisations (2004)
Norman, T.J., Preece, A., Chalmers, S., Jennings, N. R., Luck, M., Dang, V.D., ...
Virtual organisations (VOs) are composed of a number of individuals, departments or organisations each of which has a range of capabilities and resources at their disposal. These VOs are formed so...
Trust-Based Mechanism Design (2004)
Dash, R. K ., Ramchurn, S.D., Jennings, N. R.
We define trust-based mechanism design as an augmentation of traditional mechanism design in which agents take into account the degree of trust that they have in their counterparts when determining...
Market-Based Recommender Systems: Learning Users’ Interests by Quality Classification (2004)
Wei, Yan Zheng, Moreau, Luc, Jennings, N. R.
Recommender systems are widely used to cope with the problem of information overload and, consequently, many recommendation methods have been developed. However, no one technique is best for all...
Cooperative Information Sharing to Improve Distributed Learning (2004)
Dutta, Partha S., Dasmahapatra, Srinandan, Gunn, Steve R., Jennings, N. R., Moreau, Luc
Effective coordination in partially observable MAS requires agent actions to be based on reliable estimates of non-local states. One way of generating such estimates is to allow the agents to share...
Multiagent systems for manufacturing control: a design methodology (2004)
Bussmann, S., Jennings, N. R., Wooldridge, M.
The ability of production companies to rapidly develop and deploy effective and efficient control systems is critical for success in the consumer-driven environment of contemporary manufacturing....
A mechanism for multiple goods and interdependent valuations (2004)
Dash, R. K., Rogers, A., Jennings, N. R.
This paper reports on the design of an auction mechanism for allocating multiple goods when the buyers have interdependent valuations. We cast the problem as a multi-agent system consisting of...
Minimising intrusiveness in pervasive computing environments using multi-agent negotiation (2004)
Ramchurn, S.D., Deitch, B., Thompson, M.K., De Roure, D. C., Jennings, N. R., Luck, M.
This paper highlights intrusiveness as a key issue in the field of pervasive computing environments and presents a multi-agent approach to tackling it. Specifically, we discuss how interruptions can...
A risk-based bidding strategy for continuous double auctions (2004)
Vytelingum, P., Dash, R.K., David, E., Jennings, N. R.
We develop a novel bidding strategy that software agents can use to buy and sell goods in Continuous Double Auctions (CDAs). Our strategy involves the agent forming a bid or ask by assessing the...
Supporting Formation and Operation of Virtual Organisations in a Grid Environment (2004)
Shao, J, Gray, W.A., Fiddian, N.J, Deora, V, Shercliff, G, Stockreisser, P.J., ...
The ability to create reliable and scalable virtual organisations (VOs) on demand in a dynamic, open and competitive environment is one of the challenges that underlie the Grid concept and research....
Resource allocation in communication networks using market-based agents (2004)
Haque, Nadim, Jennings, N. R., Moreau, Luc
This work describes a system that allocates end-to-end bandwidth, in a switched meshed communications network. The solution makes use of market-based software agents that compete in a number of...
A Probabilistic Trust Model for Handling Inaccurate Reputation Sources (2004)
Patel, J., Teacy, W. T. Luke, Jennings, N. R., Luck, M.
This research aims to develop a model of trust and reputation that will ensure good interactions amongst software agents, in large scale open systems in ral and in Grid systems in particular. In this...
Karunatillake, Nishan C., Jennings, N. R.
Argumentation-based negotiation (ABN) is an effective means of resolving conflicts in a multi-agent society. However, it consumes both time and computational resources for agents to generate, select...
Designing a successful trading agent using fuzzy techniques (2004)
Software agents are increasingly being used to represent humans in on-line auctions. Such agents have the advantages of being able to systematically monitor a wide variety of auctions and then make...
An agenda based framework for multi-issues negotiation (2004)
Fatima, S., Wooldridge, M, Jennings, N. R.
This paper presents a new model for multi-issue negotiation under time constraints in an incomplete information setting. The issues to be bargained over can be associated with a single good/service...
Acquiring domain knowledge for negotiating agents: a case study (2004)
Castro-Schez, J.J., Jennings, N. R., Luo, X., Shadbolt, N.
In this paper, we employ the fuzzy repertory table technique to acquire the necessary domain knowledge for software agents to act as sellers and buyers using a bilateral, multi-issue negotiation...
The dynamic selection of coordination mechanisms (2004)
Excelente-Toledo, C.B., Jennings, N. R.
This paper presents and evaluates a decision making framework that enables autonomous agents to dynamically select the mechanism they employ in order to coordinate their inter-related activities....
Agent-based formation of virtual organisations (2004)
Norman, T.J., Preece, A., Chalmers, S., Jennings, N. R., Luck, M., Dang, V.D., ...
Virtual organisations (VOs) are composed of a number of individuals, departments or organisations each of which has a range of capabilities and resources at their disposal. These VOs are formed so...
Trust-Based Mechanism Design (2004)
Dash, R. K ., Ramchurn, S.D., Jennings, N. R.
We define trust-based mechanism design as an augmentation of traditional mechanism design in which agents take into account the degree of trust that they have in their counterparts when determining...
Market-Based Recommender Systems: Learning Users’ Interests by Quality Classification (2004)
Wei, Yan Zheng, Moreau, Luc, Jennings, N. R.
Recommender systems are widely used to cope with the problem of information overload and, consequently, many recommendation methods have been developed. However, no one technique is best for all...
Cooperative Information Sharing to Improve Distributed Learning (2004)
Dutta, Partha S., Dasmahapatra, Srinandan, Gunn, Steve R., Jennings, N. R., Moreau, Luc
Effective coordination in partially observable MAS requires agent actions to be based on reliable estimates of non-local states. One way of generating such estimates is to allow the agents to share...
Multiagent systems for manufacturing control: a design methodology (2004)
Bussmann, S., Jennings, N. R., Wooldridge, M.
The ability of production companies to rapidly develop and deploy effective and efficient control systems is critical for success in the consumer-driven environment of contemporary manufacturing....
Learning an opponent's preferences to make effective multi-issue negotiation tradeoffs (2004)
Coehoorn, R. M., Jennings, N. R.
Software agents that autonomously act and interact to achieve their design objectives are increasingly being developed for a range of e-commerce applications. In this context, automated negotiation...
Generating coalition structures with finite bound from the optimal guarantees (2004)
The coalition formation process, in which a number of independent, autonomous agents come together to act as a collective, is an important form of interaction in multi-agent systems. When effective,...
A mechanism for multiple goods and interdependent valuations (2004)
Dash, R. K., Rogers, A., Jennings, N. R.
This paper reports on the design of an auction mechanism for allocating multiple goods when the buyers have interdependent valuations. We cast the problem as a multi-agent system consisting of...
Optimal negotiation of multiple issues in incomplete information settings (2004)
Fatima, S., Wooldridge, M., Jennings, N. R.
This paper studies bilateral multi-issue negotiation between self-interested agents. The outcome of such encounters depends on two key factors: the agenda (i.e., the set of issues under negotiation)...
Brain meets brawn: why Grid and agents need each other (2004)
Foster, I., Jennings, N. R., Kesselman, C.
The Grid and agent communities both develop concepts and mechanisms for open distributed systems, albeit from different perspectives. The Grid community has historically focused on “brawn”:...
An adaptive bidding agent for multiple English auctions: a neuro-fuzzy approach (2004)
He, M., Jennings, N. R., Prugel-Bennett, A.
This paper presents the design, implementation and evaluation of a novel bidding strategy for obtaining goods in multiple overlapping English auctions. The strategy uses fuzzy sets to express...
Developing an integrated trust and reputation model for open multi-agent systems (2004)
Huynh, T.D., Jennings, N. R., Shadbolt, N.
Trust and reputation are central to effective interactions in open multi-agent systems in which agents, that are owned by a variety of stakeholders, can enter and leave the system at any time. This...
FIRE: an integrated trust and reputation model for open multi-agent systems (2004)
Huynh, T.D., Jennings, N. R., Shadbolt, N.
Trust and reputation are central to effective interactions in open multi-agent systems in which agents, that are owned by a variety of stakeholders, can enter and leave the system at any time. This...
Coordinating multiple concurrent negotiations (2004)
To secure good deals, an agent may engage in multiple concurrent negotiations for a particular good or service. However for this to be effective, the agent needs to carefully coordinate its...
Reasoning about commitments in multiple concurrent negotiations (2004)
Automated negotiation by software agents is a key enabling technology for agent mediated e-commerce. To this end, this paper considers an important class of such negotiations - namely those in which...
Paurobally, S., Cunningham, J., Jennings, N. R.
Multi-agent conversations are built upon two components: agent communication languages (ACLs) that specify the individual messages that can be exchanged and interaction protocols (IPs) that specify...
Trust in Multiagent Systems (2004)
Ramchurn, S.D., Huynh, T.D., Jennings, N. R.
Trust is a fundamental concern in large-scale open distributed systems. It lies at the core of all interactions between the entities that have to operate in such uncertain and constantly changing...
Minimising intrusiveness in pervasive computing environments using multi-agent negotiation (2004)
Ramchurn, S.D., Deitch, B., Thompson, M.K., De Roure, D. C., Jennings, N. R., Luck, M.
This paper highlights intrusiveness as a key issue in the field of pervasive computing environments and presents a multi-agent approach to tackling it. Specifically, we discuss how interruptions can...
A risk-based bidding strategy for continuous double auctions (2004)
Vytelingum, P., Dash, R.K., David, E., Jennings, N. R.
We develop a novel bidding strategy that software agents can use to buy and sell goods in Continuous Double Auctions (CDAs). Our strategy involves the agent forming a bid or ask by assessing the...
Learning users' interests in a market-based recommender system (2004)
Wei, Y. Z., Moreau, L., Jennings, N. R.
Recommender systems are widely used to cope with the problem of information overload and, consequently, many recommendation methods have been developed. However, no one technique is best for all...
Supporting Formation and Operation of Virtual Organisations in a Grid Environment (2004)
Shao, J, Gray, W.A., Fiddian, N.J, Deora, V, Shercliff, G, Stockreisser, P.J., ...
The ability to create reliable and scalable virtual organisations (VOs) on demand in a dynamic, open and competitive environment is one of the challenges that underlie the Grid concept and research....
Resource allocation in communication networks using market-based agents (2004)
Haque, Nadim, Jennings, N. R., Moreau, Luc
This work describes a system that allocates end-to-end bandwidth, in a switched meshed communications network. The solution makes use of market-based software agents that compete in a number of...
Karunatillake, Nishan C., Jennings, N. R.
Argumentation-based negotiation (ABN) is an effective means of resolving conflicts in a multi-agent society. However, it consumes both time and computational resources for agents to generate, select...
Abstract Resource allocation in communication networks using market-based agents (2004)
N. Haque, N. R. Jennings, L. Moreau
This work describes a system that allocates end-to-end bandwidth, in a switched meshed communications network. The solution makes use of market-based software agents that compete in a number of...
The Semantic Grid: A future e-Science infrastructure (2003)
De Roure, D., Jennings, N. R., Shadbolt, N.
e-Science offers a promising vision of how computer and communication technology can support and enhance the scientific process. It does this by enabling scientists to generate, analyse, share and...
The evolution of the Grid (2003)
De Roure, D., Baker, M., Jennings, N. R., Shadbolt, N.
In this paper we describe the evolution of grid systems, identifying three generations: first generation systems which were the forerunners of the Grid as we recognise it today; second generation...
A heuristic model of concurrent bi-lateral negotiations in incomplete information settings (2003)
Nguyen, Thuc Duong, Jennings, N. R.
Bi-lateral negotiations represent an important class of encounter in agent-based systems. To this end, this paper develops and evaluates a heuristic model that enables an agent to participate in...
Recommender Systems: A Market Based Design (2003)
Wei, Yan Zheng, Moreau, Luc, Jennings, N. R.
Recommender systems have been widely advocated as a way of coping with the problem of information overload for knowledge workers. Given this, multiple recommendation methods have been developed....
Finding interaction partners using cognition-based decision strategies (2003)
Dutta, Partha S, Moreau, Luc, Jennings, N. R.
In this paper, we develop decision making heuristics for rational agents using artefacts of cognition such as observation, learning and memory. Specifically, we extend previous research in this area...
Developing multiagent systems: the Gaia Methodology (2003)
Zambonelli, F., Jennings, N. R., Wooldridge, M.
Systems composed of interacting autonomous agents offer a promising software engineering approach for developing applications in complex domains. However, this multiagent system paradigm introduces a...
Persuasive negotiation for autonomous agents: A rhetorical approach (2003)
Ramchurn, S.D., Jennings, N. R., Sierra, C.
Persuasive negotiation occurs when autonomous agents exchange proposals that are backed up by rhetorical arguments (such as threats, rewards, or appeals). The role of such rhetorical arguments is to...
A computational trust model for multi-agent interactions based on confidence and reputation (2003)
Ramchurn, S.D., Sierra, C., Godo, L., Jennings, N. R.
In open environments in which autonomous agents can break contracts, computational models of trust have an important role to play in determining who to interact with and how interactions unfold. To...
Automating negotiation for m-services (2003)
Paurobally, S., Turner, P.J., Jennings, N. R.
Mobile electronic commerce (m-commerce) is an emerging manifestation of internet electronic commerce that bridges the domains of Internet, mobile computing and wireless telecommunications in order to...
Towards automating negotiation for m-services (2003)
Paurobally, S., Turner, P.J., Jennings, N. R.
Mobile electronic commerce (m-commerce) is an emerging manifestation of internet electronic commerce that bridges the domains of Internet, mobile computing and wireless telecommunications in order to...
Developing agent interaction protocols graphically and logically (2003)
Paurobally, S., Cunningham, J., Jennings, N. R.
Although interaction protocols are often part of multi-agent infrastructures, many of the published protocols are semi- formal, vague or contain errors. Formal presentations can counter such...
Distributed patient scheduling in hospitals (2003)
Paulussen, T.O., Jennings, N. R., Decker, K.S., Heinzl, A.
Patient scheduling in hospitals is a highly complex task. Hospitals have a distributed organisational structure; being divided into several autonomous wards and ancillary units. Moreover, the...
Prioritised fuzzy constraint satisfaction problems: axioms, instantiation and validation (2003)
Luo, X., Lee, J.H., Leung, H., Jennings, N. R.
This paper identi4es a generic axiom framework for prioritised fuzzy constraint satisfaction problems (PFCSPs), and proposes methods to instantiate it (i.e., to construct speci4c schemes which obey...
CONOISE: Agent-based formation of virtual organisations (2003)
Norman, T.J., Preece, A., Chalmers, S., Jennings, N. R., Luck, M., Dang, V.D., ...
Virtual organisations (VOs) are composed of a number of individuals, de- partments or organisations each of which has a range of capabilities and resources at their disposal. These VOs are formed so...
Luo, X., Jennings, N. R., Shadbolt, N., Leung, H., Lee, J.H.
This paper develops a fuzzy constraint based model for bilateral multi-issue negotiation in trading environments. In particular, we are concerned with the principled negotiation approach in which...
SouthamptonTAC: An adaptive autonomous trading agent (2003)
Software agents are increasingly being used to represent humans in on-line auctions. Such agents have the advantages of being able to systematically monitor a wide variety of auctions and then make...
On agent-mediated electronic commerce (2003)
He, M., Jennings, N. R., Leung, H.
This paper surveys and analyzes the state of the art of agent-mediated electronic commerce (e-commerce), concentrating particularly on the business-to-consumer (B2C) and business-to-business (B2B)...
A fuzzy logic based bidding strategy for autonomous agents in continuous double auctions (2003)
He, M., Leung, H., Jennings, N. R.
Increasingly, many systems are being conceptualized, designed, and implemented as marketplaces in which autonomous software entities (agents) trade services. These services can be commodities in...
Comparing equilibria for game theoretic and evolutionary bargaining models (2003)
Fatima, S., Wooldridge, M., Jennings, N. R.
Game-theoretic models of bargaining are typically based on the assumption that players have perfect rationality and that they always play an equilibrium strategy. In contrast research research in...
This paper presents new clearing algorithms for multi-unit single-item and multi-unit combinatorial auctions with piecewise linear demand/supply functions. We analyse the complexity of our algorithms...
A heuristic bidding strategy for multiple heterogeneous auctions (2003)
Online auctions are increasingly being used as a medium to procure goods and services. As the number of auction sites increases, however, consumers will inevitably want to track and bid in multiple...
Developing a bidding agent for multiple heterogeneous auctions (2003)
Due to the proliferation of online auctions, there is an increasing need to monitor and bid in multiple auctions in order to procure the best deal for the desired good. To this end, this paper...
Optimal agendas for multi-issue negotiation (2003)
Fatima, S., Wooldridge, M., Jennings, N. R.
There are two ways of handling bilateral multi-issue negotiations - one is to negotiate all the issues together, and the other is to negotiate them one by one. The order in which issues are...
Learning when and how to co-ordinate (2003)
Excelente-Toledo, C.B., Jennings, N. R.
This paper examines the potential and the impact of introducing learning capabilities into autonomous agents that make decisions at run-time about which mechanism to exploit in order to coordinate...
Argumentation-based negotiation (2003)
Rahwan, I., Ramchurn, S.D., Jennings, N. R., McBurney, P., Parsons, S., Sonenberg, L.
Negotiation is essential in settings where autonomous agents have con- flicting interests and a desire to cooperate. For this reason, mechanisms in which agents exchange potential agreements...
Computational Mechanism Design: A Call to Arms (2003)
Dash, Rajdeep K, Parkes, David C, Jennings, N. R.
Game theory has developed powerful tools for analyzing decision making in systems with multiple autonomous actors. These tools, when tailored to computational settings, provide a foundation for...
The evolution of the Grid (2003)
De Roure, D., Baker, M., Jennings, N. R., Shadbolt, N.
In this paper we describe the evolution of grid systems, identifying three generations: first generation systems which were the forerunners of the Grid as we recognise it today; second generation...
Recommender Systems: A Market Based Design (2003)
Wei, Yan Zheng, Moreau, Luc, Jennings, N. R.
Recommender systems have been widely advocated as a way of coping with the problem of information overload for knowledge workers. Given this, multiple recommendation methods have been developed....
Finding interaction partners using cognition-based decision strategies (2003)
Dutta, Partha S, Moreau, Luc, Jennings, N. R.
In this paper, we develop decision making heuristics for rational agents using artefacts of cognition such as observation, learning and memory. Specifically, we extend previous research in this area...
Developing multiagent systems: the Gaia Methodology (2003)
Zambonelli, F., Jennings, N. R., Wooldridge, M.
Systems composed of interacting autonomous agents offer a promising software engineering approach for developing applications in complex domains. However, this multiagent system paradigm introduces a...
Persuasive negotiation for autonomous agents: A rhetorical approach (2003)
Ramchurn, S.D., Jennings, N. R., Sierra, C.
Persuasive negotiation occurs when autonomous agents exchange proposals that are backed up by rhetorical arguments (such as threats, rewards, or appeals). The role of such rhetorical arguments is to...
A computational trust model for multi-agent interactions based on confidence and reputation (2003)
Ramchurn, S.D., Sierra, C., Godo, L., Jennings, N. R.
In open environments in which autonomous agents can break contracts, computational models of trust have an important role to play in determining who to interact with and how interactions unfold. To...
Automating negotiation for m-services (2003)
Paurobally, S., Turner, P.J., Jennings, N. R.
Mobile electronic commerce (m-commerce) is an emerging manifestation of internet electronic commerce that bridges the domains of Internet, mobile computing and wireless telecommunications in order to...
Towards automating negotiation for m-services (2003)
Paurobally, S., Turner, P.J., Jennings, N. R.
Mobile electronic commerce (m-commerce) is an emerging manifestation of internet electronic commerce that bridges the domains of Internet, mobile computing and wireless telecommunications in order to...
Developing agent interaction protocols graphically and logically (2003)
Paurobally, S., Cunningham, J., Jennings, N. R.
Although interaction protocols are often part of multi-agent infrastructures, many of the published protocols are semi- formal, vague or contain errors. Formal presentations can counter such...
Distributed patient scheduling in hospitals (2003)
Paulussen, T.O., Jennings, N. R., Decker, K.S., Heinzl, A.
Patient scheduling in hospitals is a highly complex task. Hospitals have a distributed organisational structure; being divided into several autonomous wards and ancillary units. Moreover, the...
Prioritised fuzzy constraint satisfaction problems: axioms, instantiation and validation (2003)
Luo, X., Lee, J.H., Leung, H., Jennings, N. R.
This paper identi4es a generic axiom framework for prioritised fuzzy constraint satisfaction problems (PFCSPs), and proposes methods to instantiate it (i.e., to construct speci4c schemes which obey...
CONOISE: Agent-based formation of virtual organisations (2003)
Norman, T.J., Preece, A., Chalmers, S., Jennings, N. R., Luck, M., Dang, V.D., ...
Virtual organisations (VOs) are composed of a number of individuals, de- partments or organisations each of which has a range of capabilities and resources at their disposal. These VOs are formed so...
Luo, X., Jennings, N. R., Shadbolt, N., Leung, H., Lee, J.H.
This paper develops a fuzzy constraint based model for bilateral multi-issue negotiation in trading environments. In particular, we are concerned with the principled negotiation approach in which...
SouthamptonTAC: An adaptive autonomous trading agent (2003)
Software agents are increasingly being used to represent humans in on-line auctions. Such agents have the advantages of being able to systematically monitor a wide variety of auctions and then make...
On agent-mediated electronic commerce (2003)
He, M., Jennings, N. R., Leung, H.
This paper surveys and analyzes the state of the art of agent-mediated electronic commerce (e-commerce), concentrating particularly on the business-to-consumer (B2C) and business-to-business (B2B)...
A fuzzy logic based bidding strategy for autonomous agents in continuous double auctions (2003)
He, M., Leung, H., Jennings, N. R.
Increasingly, many systems are being conceptualized, designed, and implemented as marketplaces in which autonomous software entities (agents) trade services. These services can be commodities in...
Comparing equilibria for game theoretic and evolutionary bargaining models (2003)
Fatima, S., Wooldridge, M., Jennings, N. R.
Game-theoretic models of bargaining are typically based on the assumption that players have perfect rationality and that they always play an equilibrium strategy. In contrast research research in...
This paper presents new clearing algorithms for multi-unit single-item and multi-unit combinatorial auctions with piecewise linear demand/supply functions. We analyse the complexity of our algorithms...
A heuristic bidding strategy for multiple heterogeneous auctions (2003)
Online auctions are increasingly being used as a medium to procure goods and services. As the number of auction sites increases, however, consumers will inevitably want to track and bid in multiple...
Developing a bidding agent for multiple heterogeneous auctions (2003)
Due to the proliferation of online auctions, there is an increasing need to monitor and bid in multiple auctions in order to procure the best deal for the desired good. To this end, this paper...
Optimal agendas for multi-issue negotiation (2003)
Fatima, S., Wooldridge, M., Jennings, N. R.
There are two ways of handling bilateral multi-issue negotiations - one is to negotiate all the issues together, and the other is to negotiate them one by one. The order in which issues are...
Learning when and how to co-ordinate (2003)
Excelente-Toledo, C.B., Jennings, N. R.
This paper examines the potential and the impact of introducing learning capabilities into autonomous agents that make decisions at run-time about which mechanism to exploit in order to coordinate...
Argumentation-based negotiation (2003)
Rahwan, I., Ramchurn, S.D., Jennings, N. R., McBurney, P., Parsons, S., Sonenberg, L.
Negotiation is essential in settings where autonomous agents have con- flicting interests and a desire to cooperate. For this reason, mechanisms in which agents exchange potential agreements...
Knowledge-based acquisition of tradeoff preferences of negotiating agents (2003)
Luo, X., Jennings, N. R., Shadbolt, N.
A wide range of algorithms have been developed for various types of automated egotiation. In developing such algorithms the main focus has been on their efficiency and their effectiveness. However,...
Computational Mechanism Design: A Call to Arms (2003)
Dash, Rajdeep K, Parkes, David C, Jennings, N. R.
Game theory has developed powerful tools for analyzing decision making in systems with multiple autonomous actors. These tools, when tailored to computational settings, provide a foundation for...
Distributed patient scheduling in hospitals (2003)
T. O. Paulussen, Inf Sys Dept, N. R. Jennings
Patient scheduling in hospitals is a highly complex task. Hospitals have a distributed organisational structure; being divided into several autonomous wards and ancillary units. Moreover, the...
Scenarios for Future Communications Environments (2002)
Turner, P. J., Basgeet, D. R., Borselius, N., Frazer, E., Irvine, J., Jefferies, N., ...
Future wireless communication systems will not be as we understand them today only providing voice and data communication between users. Systems will develop towards the provision of third-party...
Constructing a Virtual Training Laboratory Using Intelligent Agents (2002)
Norman, T. J., Jennings, N. R.
This paper reports on the results and experiences of the Trilogy project; a collaborative project concerned with the development of a virtual research laboratory using intelligence agents. This...
Formalising Collaborative Decision Making and Practical Reasoning in Multi-Agent Systems (2002)
Panzarasa, P., Jennings, N. R., Norman, T. J.
In this paper, we present an abstract formal model of decision-making in a social setting that covers all aspects of the process, from recognition of a potential for cooperation through to joint...
Architecting for reuse: A software framework for automated negotiation (2002)
Bartolini, C., Preist, C., Jennings, N. R.
If agents are to negotiate automatically with one another they must share a negotiation mechanism, specifying what possible actions each party can take at any given time, when negotiation terminates...
Re-use of interaction protocols for decision-oriented applications (2002)
Bussmann, S., Jennings, N. R., Wooldridge, M.
This paper presents a design method for re-using existing interaction protocols in agent-based control applications. In particular, this paper presents a general set of criteria for classifying...
Decision procedures for multiple auctions (2002)
Byde, A., Priest, C., Jennings, N. R.
This paper presents a decision theoretic framework that an autonomous agent can use to bid effectively across multiple, similtaneous auctions. Specifically our framework enables an agent to make...
This paper develops new algorithms for clearing multi-unit single-item and multi-unit combinatorial reverse auctions. Specifically, we consider settings where bids are submitted in the form of a...
Learning to select a co-ordination mechanism (2002)
Excelente-Toledo, C. B., Jennings, N. R.
This paper examines the potential and the impact of introducing learning capabilities into autonomous agents that make decisions at run-time about which mechanism to exploit in order to coordinate...
Multi-issue negotiation under time constraints (2002)
Fatima, S. S., Wooldridge, M. J., Jennings, N. R.
This paper presents a new model for multi-issue negotiation under time constraints in an incomplete information setting. In this model the order in which issues are bargained over and agreements are...
The influence of information on negotiation equilibrium (2002)
Fatima, S. S., Wooldridge, M. J., Jennings, N. R.
This paper studies the influence of the agents' information states on the negotiation equilibrium. This analysis is undertaken by examining a range of negotiation scenarios in which the amount of...
SouthamptonTAC: Designing a successful trading agent (2002)
This paper describes the design, implementation and evaluation of SouthamptonTAC, an agent that participated in the Second International Trading Agent Competition. In the course of the competition's...
Luo, X., Zhang, C., Jennings, N. R.
This paper develops a hybrid model which provides a unified framework for the following four kinds of reasoning: 1)Zadeh's fuzzy approximate reasoning; 2) Truth qualification uncertain reasoning with...
Social influence, negotiation and cognition (2002)
Panzarasa, P., Jennings, N. R.
To understand how personal agreements can be generated within complexly differentiated social systems, we develop an agent-based computational model of negotiation in which social influence plays a...
Agent specification using multi-context systems (2002)
Parsons, S., Jennings, N. R., Sabater, J., Sierra, C.
In the area of agent-based computing there are many proposals for specific system architectures, and a number of proposals for general approaches to building agents. As yet, however, there are...
Negotiating the semantics of agent communication languages (2002)
Reed, C., Norman, T. J., Jennings, N. R.
This paper presents a formal framework and outlines a method that autonomous agents can use to negotiate the semantics of their communication language at run-time. Such an ability is needed in open...
A Market-Based Recommender System (2002)
Moreau, Luc, Zaini, Norliza, Zhou, Jing, Jennings, N. R., Wei, Yan Zheng, Hall, Wendy, ...
We have designed, implemented, deployed and evaluated a large-scale agent-oriented information system that recommends relevant documents to users. Our recommender system is now being used across...
Constructing a Virtual Training Laboratory Using Intelligent Agents (2002)
Norman, T. J., Jennings, N. R.
This paper reports on the results and experiences of the Trilogy project; a collaborative project concerned with the development of a virtual research laboratory using intelligence agents. This...
Formalising Collaborative Decision Making and Practical Reasoning in Multi-Agent Systems (2002)
Panzarasa, P., Jennings, N. R., Norman, T. J.
In this paper, we present an abstract formal model of decision-making in a social setting that covers all aspects of the process, from recognition of a potential for cooperation through to joint...
Engineering Executable Agents Using Multi-Context Systems (2002)
Sabater, J., Sierra, C., Parsons, S., Jennings, N. R.
In the area of agent-based computing there are many proposals for specific system architectures, and a number of proposals for general approaches to building agents. As yet, however, there a very few...
Re-use of interaction protocols for decision-oriented applications (2002)
Bussmann, S., Jennings, N. R., Wooldridge, M.
This paper presents a design method for re-using existing interaction protocols in agent-based control applications. In particular, this paper presents a general set of criteria for classifying...
A Market-Based Recommender System (2002)
Moreau, Luc, Zaini, Norliza, Zhou, Jing, Jennings, N. R., Wei, Yan Zheng, Hall, Wendy, ...
We have designed, implemented, deployed and evaluated a large-scale agent-oriented information system that recommends relevant documents to users. Our recommender system is now being used across...
Using Similarity Criteria to Make Issue Trade-offs in Automated Negotiations (2002)
P. Faratin, C. Sierra, N. R. Jennings
Automated negotiation is a key form of interaction in systems that are composed of multiple autonomous agents. The aim of such interactions is to reach agreements through an iterative process of...
Research Agenda for the Semantic Grid: A Future e-Science Infrastructure (2001)
De Roure, D., Jennings, N. R., Shadbolt, N. R.
e-Science offers a promising vision of how computer and communication technology can support and enhance the scientific process. It does this by enabling scientists to generate, analyse, share and...
A Classification Scheme for Negotiation in Electronic Commerce (2001)
Lomuscio, A., Wooldridge, M., Jennings, N. R.
In the last few years we witnessed a surge of business-to-consumer and business-to-business commerce operated on the Internet. However many of these systems are often nothing more than electronic...
Agent-Oriented Software Engineering for Internet Applications (2001)
Zambonelli, F., Jennings, N. R., Omicini, A., Wooldridge, M.
The metaphors of autonomous agents and agent societies have the potential to make a signifiant impact in the processes of analysis, design and development of complex software systems on the Internet....
Panzarasa, P., Jennings, N. R., Norman, T. J.
In this paper we use agent-based computational modelling and computer simulations to examine the interrelationship between different selling strategies for going public. A great deal od recent...
The organisation of sociality: a manifesto for a new science of multi-agent systems (2001)
Panzarasa, P., Jennings, N. R.
In this paper, we pose and motivate a challenge, namely the need for a new science of multi-agent systems. We propose that this new science should be grounded, theoretically on a richer conception of...
Optimal negotiation strategies for agents with incomplete information (2001)
Fatima, S. S., Wooldridge, M., Jennings, N. R.
This paper analyzes the process of automated negotiation between two competitive agents that have firm deadlines and incomplete information about their opponent. Generally speaking, the outcome of a...
Dynamic evaluation of coordination mechanisms for autonomous agents (2001)
Bourne, R. A., Shoop, K., Jennings, N. R.
This paper presents a formal framework within which autonommous agents can dynamically select and apply different mechanisms to coordinate their interactions with one another. Agents use the task...
Negotiation and joint commitments in multi-agent systems (2001)
Panzarasa, P., Jennings, N. R.
In this paper, it is argued that negotiation can be regarded as a socio-cognitive process for the transformation of joint commitments in multi-agent environments. To this end, a quantified...
A Classification Scheme for Negotiation in Electronic Commerce (2001)
Lomuscio, A., Wooldridge, M., Jennings, N. R.
In the last few years we witnessed a surge of business-to-consumer and business-to-business commerce operated on the Internet. However many of these systems are often nothing more than electronic...
Agent-Oriented Software Engineering for Internet Applications (2001)
Zambonelli, F., Jennings, N. R., Omicini, A., Wooldridge, M.
The metaphors of autonomous agents and agent societies have the potential to make a signifiant impact in the processes of analysis, design and development of complex software systems on the Internet....
Automated Negotiation: Prospects, Methods and Challenges (2001)
Jennings, N. R., Faratin, P., Lomuscio, A. R., Parsons, S., Sierra, C., Wooldridge, M.
Organisational Rules as an Abstraction for the Analysis and Design of Multi-Agent Systems (2001)
Zambonelli, F., Jennings, N. R., Wooldridge, M.
Multi-agent systems can very naturally be viewed as computational organisations. For this reason, we believe organisational abstractions offer a promising set of metaphors and models that can be...
Reasoning About Commitments and Penalties for Coordination Between Autonomous Agents (2001)
Excelente-Toledo, C. B., Bourne, R. A., Jennings, N. R.
This paper develops and evaluates a new decision theoretic framework in which autonomous agents can make rational choices about coordinating their actions. The framework covers the decisions that are...
On the Identification of Agents in the Design of Production Control Systems (2001)
Bussmann, S., Jennings, N. R., Wooldridge, M. J.
This paper describes a methodology that is being developed for designing and building agent-based systems for the domain of production control. In particular, this paper deals with the steps that are...
Autonomous Agents for Participating in Mulitple On-line Auctions (2001)
Anthony, P., Hall, W., Dang, V., Jennings, N. R.
The increasing number of online auctions poses a big challenge to e-consumers, especially to those who are actively looking for good deals. In this paper, we present the deisgn of an autonomous agent...
Socially intelligent reasoning for autonomous agents (2001)
Hogg, L. M. J., Jennings, N. R.
Socially intelligent agents are autonomous problem solvers that have to achieve their objectives by interacting with other similarly autonomous entities. A major concern, therefore, is with the...
Social Influence and the Generation of Joint Mental Attitudes in Multi-agent Systems (2001)
Panzarasa, P., Jennings, N. R.
This work examines the social structural and cognitive foundations of joint mental attitudes in complexly differentated multi-agent systems, and incorporates insights from a variety of disciplines,...
Social Mental Shaping: Modelling the Impact of Sociality on Autonomous Agents' Mental States (2001)
Panzarasa, P., Norman, T. J., Jennings, N. R.
This paper presents a framework that captures how the social nature of agents that are situated in a multi-agent environment impacts upon their individual mental states. Roles and relationships...
Improving the Scalability of Multi-Agent Systems (2000)
Turner, Phillip J., Jennings, N. R.
There is an increasing demand for designers and developers to construct ever larger multi-agent systems. Such systems will be composed of hundreds or even thousands of autonomous agents. Moreover, in...
Improving the Scalability of Multi-Agent Systems (2000)
Turner, Phillip J., Jennings, N. R.
There is an increasing demand for designers and developers to construct ever larger multi-agent systems. Such systems will be composed of hundreds or even thousands of autonomous agents. Moreover, in...
Efficient Mechanisms for the Supply of Services in Multi-Agent Environments (2000)
Auctions provide an efficient way of resolving one-to-many negotiations. This is particularly true for automated agents where delays and long communications carry negative externalities. A properly...
Run-Time Selection of Coordination Mechanisms in Multi-Agent Systems (2000)
Bourne, R. A., Excelente-Toledo, C. B., Jennings, N. R.
This paper presents a framework that enables autonomous agents to dynamically select the mechanism they employ in order to coordinate their inter-related activities. Adopting this framework means...
Automated Negotiation for Provisioning Virtual Private Networks Using FIPA-Compliant Agents (2000)
Faratin, P., Jennings, N. R., Buckle, P., Sierra, C.
This paper describes the design and implementation of negotiating agents for the task of provisioning virtual private networks. The agents and their interactions comply with the FIPA specification...
Using Similarity Criteria to Make Negotiation Trade-Offs (2000)
Faratin, P., Sierra, C., Jennings, N. R.
This paper addresses the issues involved in software agents making trade-offs during automated negotiations in which they have information uncertainty and resource limitations. In particular, the...
Autonomous Agents for Business Process Management (2000)
Jennings, N. R., Faratin, P., Norman, T. J., O'Brien, P., Odgers, B.
Traditional approaches to managing business processes are often inadequate for large-scale organisation-wide, dynamic settings. However, since Internet and Intranet technologies have become...
Implementing a Business Process Management System Using ADEPT: A Real-World Case Study (2000)
Jennings, N. R., Faratin, P., Norman, T. J., O'Brien, P., Odgers, B., Alty, J. L.
This article describes how the agent-based design of ADEPT (advanced decision environment for processed tasks) and implementation philosophy was used to prototype a business process management system...
On Agent-Based Software Engineering (2000)
Agent-based computing represents an exciting new synthesis both for Artificial Intelligence (AI) and, more generally, Computer Science. It has the potential to significantly improve the theory and...
The Gaia Methodology for Agent-Oriented Analysis and Design (2000)
Wooldridge, M., Jennings, N. R., Kinny, D.
This article presents Gaia: a methodology for agent-oriented analysis and design. The Gaia methodology is both general, in that it is applicable to a wide range of multi-agent systems, and...
Organisational Abstractions for the Analysis and Design of Multi-Agent Systems (2000)
Zambonelli, F., Jennings, N. R., Wooldridge, M.
The architecture of a multi-agent system can naturally be viewed as a computational organisation. For this reason, we believe organisational abstractions should play a central role in the analysis...
Run-Time Selection of Coordination Mechanisms in Multi-Agent Systems (2000)
Bourne, R. A., Excelente-Toledo, C. B., Jennings, N. R.
This paper presents a framework that enables autonomous agents to dynamically select the mechanism they employ in order to coordinate their inter-related activities. Adopting this framework means...
Automated Negotiation for Provisioning Virtual Private Networks Using FIPA-Compliant Agents (2000)
Faratin, P., Jennings, N. R., Buckle, P., Sierra, C.
This paper describes the design and implementation of negotiating agents for the task of provisioning virtual private networks. The agents and their interactions comply with the FIPA specification...
Using Similarity Criteria to Make Negotiation Trade-Offs (2000)
Faratin, P., Sierra, C., Jennings, N. R.
This paper addresses the issues involved in software agents making trade-offs during automated negotiations in which they have information uncertainty and resource limitations. In particular, the...
Autonomous Agents for Business Process Management (2000)
Jennings, N. R., Faratin, P., Norman, T. J., O'Brien, P., Odgers, B.
Traditional approaches to managing business processes are often inadequate for large-scale organisation-wide, dynamic settings. However, since Internet and Intranet technologies have become...
Implementing a Business Process Management System Using ADEPT: A Real-World Case Study (2000)
Jennings, N. R., Faratin, P., Norman, T. J., O'Brien, P., Odgers, B., Alty, J. L.
This article describes how the agent-based design of ADEPT (advanced decision environment for processed tasks) and implementation philosophy was used to prototype a business process management system...
On Agent-Based Software Engineering (2000)
Agent-based computing represents an exciting new synthesis both for Artificial Intelligence (AI) and, more generally, Computer Science. It has the potential to significantly improve the theory and...
The Gaia Methodology for Agent-Oriented Analysis and Design (2000)
Wooldridge, M., Jennings, N. R., Kinny, D.
This article presents Gaia: a methodology for agent-oriented analysis and design. The Gaia methodology is both general, in that it is applicable to a wide range of multi-agent systems, and...
Organisational Abstractions for the Analysis and Design of Multi-Agent Systems (2000)
Zambonelli, F., Jennings, N. R., Wooldridge, M.
The architecture of a multi-agent system can naturally be viewed as a computational organisation. For this reason, we believe organisational abstractions should play a central role in the analysis...
Jennings, N. R., Parsons, S, Sierra, C, Faratin, P
Interactions are a core part of all multi-agent systems. They occur because of the inter-dependencies that inevitably exist between the agents and they manifest themselves in many different...
Jennings, N. R., Parsons, S, Sierra, C, Faratin, P
Interactions are a core part of all multi-agent systems. They occur because of the inter-dependencies that inevitably exist between the agents and they manifest themselves in many different...
Automated negotiation for provisioning virtual private networks using fipa-compliant agents (2000)
P. Faratin, N. R. Jennings, P. Buckle, C. Sierra
This paper describes the design and implementation of negotiating agents for the task of provisioning virtual private networks. The agents and their interactions comply with the FIPA specification...
Using Similarity Criteria to Make Negotiation Trade-Offs (2000)
P. Faratin, C. Sierra, N. R. Jennings
This paper addresses the issues involved in software agents making trade-offs during automated negotiations in which they have information uncertainty and resource limitations. In particular, the...
Autonomous Agents for Business Process Management (2000)
Jennings Norman Faratin, N. R. Jennings, T. J. Norman, P. Faratin, B. Odgers
: Traditional approaches to managing business processes are often inadequate for large-scale, organisation -wide, dynamic settings. However since Internet and Intranet technologies have become...
Implementing a Business Process Management System using ADEPT: A Real-World Case Study (2000)
Jennings Faratin Norman, N. R. Jennings, P. Faratin, T. J. Norman, B. Odgers, J. L. Alty
: This paper describes how ADEPT's agent-based design and implementation philosophy was used to prototype a business process management system for a real-world application. The application...
Autonomous Agents for Business Process Management (2000)
N. R. Jennings, T. J. Norman, P. Faratin, P. O'Brien, B. Odgers
: Traditional approaches to managing business processes are often inadequate for large-scale, organisation -wide, dynamic settings. However since Internet and Intranet technologies have become...
Deliberative Automated Negotiators Using Fuzzy Similarities (2000)
Carles Sierra, Peyman Faratin, N. R. Jennings, C. Sierra, P. Faratin
this paper is negotiation which we define as a process by which a joint decision is made by two or more parties. The parties first verbalise contradictory demands and then move towards agreements
Implementing a Business Process Management System using ADEPT: A Real-World Case Study (2000)
N. R. Jennings, P. Faratin, T. J. Norman, P. O'Brien, B. Odgers, J. L. Alty
: This paper describes how ADEPT's agent-based design and implementation philosophy was used to prototype a business process management system for a real-world application. The application...
Autonomous Agents For Business Process Management (2000)
N. R. Jennings, T. J. Norman, P. Faratin, B. Odgers
Traditional approaches to managing business processes are often inadequate for large-scale...
Automated negotiation for provisioning virtual private networks using fipa-compliant agents (2000)
P. Faratin, N. R. Jennings, P. Buckle, C. Sierra
This paper describes the design and implementation of negotiating agents for the task of provisioning virtual private networks. The agents and their interactions comply with the FIPA specification...
Implementing a business process management system using ADEPT: A real-world case study (2000)
N. R. Jennings, P. Faratin, T. J. Norman, B. Odgers, J. L. Alty
Abstract: This paper describes how ADEPT’s agent-based design and implementation philosophy was used to prototype a business process management system for a real-world application. The application...
Implementing a business process management system using ADEPT: A real-world case study (2000)
N. R. Jennings, P. Faratin, T. J. Norman, B. Odgers, J. L. Alty
Abstract: This paper describes how ADEPT’s agent-based design and implementation philosophy was used to prototype a business process management system for a real-world application. The application...
Modelling Sociality in a BDI Framework (1999)
Panzarasa, P., Norman, T. J., Jennings, N. R.
We present a conceptual model for how the social nature of agents impacts upon their individual mental states. Roles and social relationships provide an abstraction upon which we develop the notion...
Cooperating Agents for 3D Scientific Data Interpretation (1999)
Gallimore, R. J., Jennings, N. R., Lamba, H. S., Mason, C. L., Orenstein, B. J.
Many organizations collect vast quantities of three-dimensional (3-D) scientific data in volumetric form for a range of purposes, including resource exploration, market forecasting, and process...
Cooperative Problem Solving (1999)
Wooldridge, M. J., Jennings, N. R.
We present a model of cooperative problem solving that describes the process from its beginning, with some agent recognizing the potential for cooperation with respect to one of its goals, through to...
A Methodology for Agent-Oriented Analysis and Design (1999)
Wooldridge, M., Jennings, N. R., Kinny, D.
This paper presents a methodology for agent-oriented analysis and design. The methodology is general, in that it is applicable to a wide range of multi-agent systems, and comprehensive, in that it...
Variable Sociability in Agent-Based Decision Making (1999)
Multi-agent system research is concerned with the issues surrounding the performance of collections of interacting agents. A major concern, therefore, is with the design of the decision making...
Using Multi-Context Systems to Engineer Executable Agents (1999)
Sabater, J., Sierra, C., Parsons, S., Jennings, N. R.
In the area of agent-based computing there are many proposals for specific system architectures, and a number of proposals for general aproaches to building agents. As yet, however, there are...
Learning to be Competitive in the Market (1999)
Oliveira, E., Fonseca, J. M., Jennings, N. R.
Agents that buy and sell goods or services in an electronic market need to adapt to the environment's prevailing conditions if they are able to be successful. Here we propose an on-line, continuous...
Agent-Based Computing: Promise and Perils (1999)
Agent-based computing represents an exciting new synthesis both for Artificial Intelligence (AI) and, more genrally, Computer Science. It has the potential to significantly improve the theory and...
Gibney, M. J., Jennings, N. R., Vriend, N. J., Griffiths, J. M.
We present a market-based approach to call routing in telecommunications networks. A system architecture is described that allows self-interested agents, representing various network resources,...
Socially Responsible Decision Making by Autonomous Agents (1999)
Most autonomous agents are situated in a social context and need to interact with other agents (both human and artificial) to complete their problem solving objectives. Such agents are usually...
Negotiation in Multi-Agent Systems (1999)
Beer, M., D'Inverno, M., Jennings, N. R., Luck, M., Preist, C., Schroeder, M.
In systems composed of multiple autonomous agents, negotiation is a key form of interaction that enables groups of agents to arrive at a mutual agreement regarding some belief, goal or plan, for...
Designing Responsive and Deliberative Automated Negotiators (1999)
Faratin, P., Sierra, C., Jennings, N. R.
In this paper we present a multi issue negotiation model which can be used for guiding agents during distributed problem solving. This model is composed of protocols which govern and manage agent...
Negotiation in Multi-Agent Systems (1999)
Beer, M., D'Inverno, M., Jennings, N. R., Luck, M., Preist, C., Schroeder, M.
In systems composed of multiple autonomous agents, negotiation is a key form of interaction that enables groups of agents to arrive at a mutual agreement regarding some belief, goal or plan, for...
Socially responsible decision making by autonomous agents (1999)
Most autonomous agents are situated in a social context and need to interact with other agents (both human and artificial) to complete their problem solving objectives. Such agents are usually...
Continuing Research in Multi-Agent Systems (1999)
K. Decker, M. Fisher, M. Luck, M. Tennenholtz, E. Alonso, T. J. Norman, ...
this report, we summarise the other contributions to the workshop through paper presentations and invited talks, which cover a wide range of relevant topics. The structure of the report reflects the...
Gibney Jennings Vriend, M. A. Gibney, N. R. Jennings, N. J. Vriend, J. M. Griffiths
. We present a market-based approach to call routing in telecommunications networks. A system architecture is described that allows self-interested agents, representing various network resources,...
Deliberative Automated Negotiators Using Fuzzy Similarities (1999)
Carles Sierra, Peyman Faratin, N. R. Jennings, C. Sierra, P. Faratin
this paper is negotiation which we define as a process by which a joint decision is made by two or more parties. The parties first verbalise contradictory demands and then move towards agreements
Designing Responsive and Deliberative Automated Negotiators (1999)
P. Faratin, C. Sierra, N.R. Jennings, P. Buckle
In this paper we present a multi issue negotiation model which can be used for guiding agents during distributed problem solving. This model is composed of protocols which govern and manage agent...
M. A. Gibney, N.R. Jennings, N.J. Vriend, J.M. Griffiths
. We present a market-based approach to call routing in telecommunications networks. A system architecture is described that allows self-interested agents, representing various network resources,...
Designing Responsive and Deliberative Automated Negotiators (1999)
P. Faratin, C. Sierra, N.R. Jennings, P. Buckle
This paper presents a multi-issue negotiation model that can be used for guiding agents during distributed problem solving. The model is composed of protocols that govern and manage agent...
Socially responsible decision making by autonomous agents (1999)
Most autonomous agents are situated in a social context and need to interact with other agents (both human and artificial) to complete their problem solving objectives. Such agents are usually...
A Roadmap of Agent Research and Development (1998)
Jennings, N. R., Sycara, K., Wooldridge, M.
This paper provides an overview of research and development activities in the field of autonomous agents and multi-agent systems. It aims to identify key concepts and applications, and to indicate...
Agents that Reason and Negotiate by Arguing (1998)
Parsons, S., Sierra, C., Jennings, N. R.
The need for negotiation in multi-agent systems stems from the requirement for agents to solve the problems posed by their interdependence upon one another. Negotiation provides a solution to these...
ADEPT: An Agent-based Approach to Business Process Management (1998)
Jennings, N. R., Norman, T. J., Faratin, P.
Succesful companies organise and run their business activities in an efficient manner. Core activities are completed on time and within specified resource constraints. However to stay competitive in...
Realising a Virtual Telecommunications Laboratory with Agent Technology (1998)
Norman, T. J., Jennings, N. R., Bexendale, P. R., Mellor, J. E., Chevalier, F., Harle, D.
3D Scientific Data Interpretation Using Cooperating Agents (1998)
Gallimore, R. J., Jennings, N. R., Lamba, H. S., Mason, C. L., Orenstien, B. J.
Many organisations collect vast quantities of 3D scientific data in volumetric form for a range of purposes including resource exploration, market forecasting and process modelling. Traditionally,...
Argumentation and Multi-Agent Decision Making (1998)
This paper summarises our on-going work on mixed- initiative decision making which extends both classical decision theory and a symbolic theory of decision making based on argumentation to a...
Pitfalls of Agent-Oriented Development (1998)
Wooldridge, M. J., Jennings, N. R.
While the theoretical and experimental foundations of agent-based systems are becoming increasingly well understood, comparatively little effort has been devoted to understanding the pragmatics of...
Determining Successful Negotiation Strategies: An Evolutionary Approach (1998)
Matos, N., Sierra, C., Jennings, N. R.
To be successful in open, multi-agent environments, autonomous agents must be capable of adapting their negotiation strategies and tactics to their prevailing circumstances. To this end, we present...
Rights and Commitments in Multi-Agent Agreements (1998)
Norman, T. J., Sierra, C., Jennings, N. R.
For agents to act in collaboration, they often require an agreement that describes how they are to act, to which they are commited. Typically, agreements are characterised as an explicit course of...
Dynamic Resource Allocation by Market-Based Routing in Telecommunications Networks (1998)
Gibney, M. A., Jennings, N. R.
We present an approach to resource allocation in telecommunications networks based on the interaction of self-interested agents which have limited information about their environment. A system...
Efficient Mechanisms for the Supply of Services in Multi-Agent Environments (1998)
Auctions provide an efficient way of resolving one-to-many negotiations. This is particularly true for automated agents where delays and long communications carry negative externalities. A properly...
Agent Systems and Applications (1998)
Aylett, R., Brazier, F., Jennings, N. R., Luck, M., Nwana, H., Priest, C.
We present a formal model of negotiation between autonomous agents. The purpose of the negotiation is to reach an agreement about the provision of a service by one agent for another. The model...
Dynamic resource allocation by market-based routing in telecommunications networks (1998)
Abstract. We present an approach to resource allocation in telecommunications networks based on the interaction of self-interested agents which have limited information about their environment. A...
Dynamic Resource Allocation by Market-Based Routing in Telecommunications Networks (1998)
. We present an approach to resource allocation in telecommunications networks based on the interaction of self-interested agents which have limited information about their environment. A system...
ADEPT: An Agent-Based Approach to Business Process Management (1998)
N. R. Jennings, T. J. Norman, P. Faratin
Successful companies organise and run their business activities in an efficient manner. Core activities are completed on time and within specified resource constraints. However to stay competitive in...
On Argumentation-Based Negotiation (1998)
N. R. Jennings, S. Parsons, P. Noriega, C. Sierra
this paper seeks to: (i) motivate the importance of an argumentation-based approach (section 2); (ii) describe the architecture of an agent's decision making model as it pertains to supporting...
D Scientific Data Interpretation using Cooperating Agents (1998)
Gallimore Jennings Lamba, R. J. Gallimore, N. R. Jennings, H. S. Lamba, C. L. Mason, B. J. Orenstein
Many organisations collect vast quantities of 3D scientific data in volumetric form for a range of purposes including resource exploration, market forecasting and process modelling. Traditionally,...
Applications of Intelligent Agents (1998)
N. R. Jennings, M. Wooldridge, Queen Mary
this article is to help the reader to understand why agent technology is seen as a fundamentally important new tool for building such a wide array of systems. More precisely, our aims are five-fold:
A framework for argumentation-based negotiation (1998)
N. R. Jennings, S. Parsons, C. Sierra, P. Faratin
Interactions are a core part of all multi-agent systems. They occur because of the inter-dependencies
DESIRE: Modelling Multi-Agent Systems in a Compositional Formal Framework (1997)
Brazier, F. M. T., Dunin-Keplicz, B. M., Jennings, N. R., Treur, J.
This paper discussess an example of the application of a high-level modelling framework which enables both the specification and implementation of a system's conceptual design. This framework, DESIRE...
Towards a Social Level Characterisation of Socially Responsible Agents (1997)
Jennings, N. R., Campos, J. R.
This paper presents a high-level framework for analysing and designing intelligent agents. The framework’s key abstraction mechanism is a new computer level called the Social Level. The Social...
Market- Based Multi-Agent Systems for ATM Network Management (1997)
Gibney, M. A., Jennings, N. R.
This paper discusses a distributed approach to traffic management in ATM networks. The aim is to identify and elaborate a computationally cheap messaging protocol and decision making process which...
Socially Rational Agents (1997)
Autonomous agents are designed to carry out problem solving actions in order to achieve given, or self generated, goals. A central aspect of this design is the agent’s decision making function...
Designing and Implementing a Multi-Agent Architecture for Business Process Management (1997)
Norman, T. J., Jennings, N. R., Faratin, P., Mamdani, E. H.
This paper presents a general multi-agent architecture for the management of business processes, and an agent design that has been implemented within such a system. The autonomy of the agents...
A Framework for Argumentation-Based Negotiation (1997)
Sierra, C., Jennings, N. R., Noriega, P., Parsons, S.
Many autonomous agents operate in domains in which the cooperation of their fellow agents cannot be guaranteed. In such domains negotiation is essential to persuade others of the value of...
A Service-Oriented Negotiation Model Between Autonomous Agents (1997)
Sierra, C., Faratin, P., Jennings, N. R.
We present a formal model of negotiation between autonomous agents. The purpose of the negotiation is to reach an agreement about the provision of a service by one agent for another. The model...
DESIRE: Modelling Multi-Agent Systems in a Compositional Formal Framework (1997)
Brazier, F.M.T., Dunin-Keplicz, B.M., Jennings, N.R., Treur, J.
This paper discusses an example of the application of a high-level modelling framework which supports both the specification and implementation of a system's conceptual design. This framework, DESIRE...
On cooperation in multi-agent systems (1997)
J. E. Doran, S. Franklin, N. R. Jennings, T. J. Norman
Cooperation is often presented as one of the key concepts which differentiates multi-agent systems from other related disciplines such as distributed computing, object-oriented systems, and expert...
Socially Responsible Decision Making by Autonomous Agents (1997)
Kalenka And Jennings, S. Kalenka, N. R. Jennings
Most autonomous agents are situated in a social context and need to interact with other agents (both human and artificial) to complete their problem solving objectives. Such agents are usually...
On Cooperation in Multi-Agent Systems (1997)
J. E. Doran, S. Franklin, N. R. Jennings, T. J. Norman
This report is the result of a panel discussion at the First UK Workshop on Foundations of Multi-Agent Systems (held at the University of Warwick on Oct. 23rd 1996). The three panellists and the...
Towards a Social Level Characterisation of Socially Responsible Agents (1997)
This paper presents a high-level framework for analysing and designing intelligent agents. The framework's key abstraction mechanism is a new computer level called the Social Level. The Social...
Market Based Multi-Agent Systems for ATM network management (1997)
Gibney And, M. A. Gibney, N. R. Jennings
This paper discusses a distributed approach to traffic management in ATM networks. The aim is to identify and elaborate a computationally cheap messaging protocol and decision making process which...
Designing and Implementing a Multi-Agent Architecture for Business Process Management (1997)
Timothy Norman, N. R. Jennings, P. Faratin, E. H. Mamdani
1 Introduction The typical modern commercial enterprise consists of a number of, possibly physically distributed, semi-autonomous units, each with a degree of control over local resources or with...
Socially Responsible Decision Making by Autonomous Agents (1997)
Most autonomous agents are situated in a social context and need to interact with other agents (both human and artificial) to complete their problem solving objectives. Such agents are usually...
Market Based Multi-Agent Systems for ATM network management (1997)
This paper discusses a distributed approach to traffic management in ATM networks. The aim is to identify and elaborate a computationally cheap messaging protocol and decision making process which...
Agent-Based Business Process Management (1996)
Jennings, N. R., Faratin, P., Johnson, M. J., Norman, T. J., O'Brien, P., Wiegand, M. E.
This paper describes work undertaken in the ADEPT (Advanced Decision Environment for Process Tasks) project towards developing an agent-based infrastructure for managing business processes. We...
Using ARCHON to Develop Real-World DAI Applications Part 1 (1996)
Jennings, N. R., Mamdani, E. H., Corera, J. M., Laresgoiti, I., Perriolat, F., Skarek, P., ...
Designing a Re-Usable Coordination Module for Cooperative Industrial Control Applications (1996)
Jennings, N. R., Pople, J. A., Mamdani, E. H.
Distributed artificial intelligence (DAI) systems, in which multiple agents communicate and co-operate with one another to achieve their individual and collective goals, are a promising enabling...
Neogotiation Through Argumentation - A Preliminary Report (1996)
Parsons, S. D., Jennings, N. R.
The need for negotiation in multi-agent systems stems from the requirement for agents to solve the problems posed by their interdependence on one another. Negotiation provides a solution to these...
Using Intelligent Agents to Manage Business Processes (1996)
Jennings, N. R., Faratin, P., Johnson, M. J., O'Brien, P., Wiegand, M. E.
This paper describes work undertaken in the ADEPT (Advanced Decision Environment for Process Tasks) project towards developing an agent-based infrastructure for managing business processes. We...
ADEPT: Managing Business Processes Using Intelligent Agents (1996)
Jennings, N. R., Faratin, P., Norman, T. J., O'Brien, P., Weigand, M. E., Voudouris, C., ...
This paper describes work undertaken in the ADEPT (Advanced Decision Environment for Process Tasks) project towards developing an agent-based infrastructure for managing business processes. We...
Modelling Distributed Industrial Processes in a Multi-Agent Framework (1996)
Brazier, F. M. T., Dunin-Keplicz, B. M., Jennings, N. R., Treur, J.
ARCHON: A Distributed Artificial Intelligence System for Industrial Applications (1996)
ARCHON™ (ARchitecture for Cooperative Heterogeneous ON-line systems) is Europe’s largest project in the area of Distributed Artificial Intelligence (DAI). It has devised a general-purpose...
Coordination Techniques for Distributed Artificial Intelligence (1996)
Coordination, the process by which an agent reasons about its local actions and the (anticipated) actions of others to try and ensure the community acts in a coherent manner, is perhaps the key...
Designing and Implementing a Multi-Agent Architecture for Business Process management (1996)
Norman, T. J., Jennings, N. R., Faratin, P., Mamdani, E. H.
Abstract. This paper presents a generalmulti-agent architecture for the management of businessprocesses, and an agent design that has been implemented within such a system. The autonomy of the agents...
ADEPT: Managing business processes using intelligent agents (1996)
N. R. Jennings, P. Faratin, T. J. Norman, M. E. Wieg, C. Voudouris, J. L. Alty, ...
This paper describes work undertaken in the ADEPT (Advanced Decision Environment for Process Tasks) project towards developing an agent-based infrastructure for managing business processes. We...
Coordination Techniques for Distributed Artificial Intelligence (1996)
Coordination, the process by which an agent reasons about its local actions and the (anticipated) actions of others to try and ensure the community acts in a coherent manner, is perhaps the key...
Agent-Based Business Process Management (1996)
N. R. Jennings, Jennings Faratin, M. J. Johnson, T. J. Norman, M. E. Wiegand
This paper describes work undertaken in the ADEPT (Advanced Decision Environment for Process Tasks) project towards developing an agent-based infrastructure for managing business processes. We...
N. R. Jennings, J.M. Corera, I. Laresgoiti, E. H. Mamdani, F. Perriollat, P. Skarek, ...
ARCHON ^TM (ARchitecture for Cooperative Heterogeneous ON-line systems) was Europe's largest ever project in the area of Distributed Artificial Intelligence (DAI). It devised a general-purpose...
Co-Ordination in Software Agent Systems (1996)
Nwana Lee And, H S Nwana, L Lee, N R Jennings
this paper is to examine the crucial area of co-ordination in multi-agent systems. It does not attempt to provide a comprehensive overview of the co-ordination literature; rather, it highlights the...
Negotiation Through Argumentation-a Preliminary Report (1996)
The need for negotiation in multi-agent systems stems from the requirement for agents to solve the problems posed by their interdependence upon one another. Negotiation provides a solution to these...
ADEPT: Managing Business Processes using Intelligent Agents (1996)
N. R. Jennings, P. Faratin, T. J. Norman, P. O'Brien, M.E. Wiegand, C.Voudouris, ...
This paper describes work undertaken in the ADEPT (Advanced Decision Environment for Process Tasks) project towards developing an agent-based infrastructure for managing business processes. We...
Using Intelligent Agents to Manage Business Processes (1996)
N. R. Jennings, Jennings Faratin, M. J. Johnson, M. E. Wieg
This paper describes work undertaken in the ADEPT (Advanced Decision Environment for Process Tasks) project towards developing an agent-based infrastructure for managing business processes. We...
ADEPT: Managing Business Processes using Intelligent Agents (1996)
N. R. Jennings, Jennings Faratin, T. J. Norman, M. E. Wieg, J. L. Alty, T. Miah, ...
This paper describes work undertaken in the ADEPT (Advanced Decision Environment for Process Tasks) project towards developing an agent-based infrastructure for managing business processes. We...
Agent-Based Business Processes Management (1996)
N. R. Jennings, P. Faratin, M. J. Johnson, T. J. Norman, P. O'Brien, M. E. Wiegand
This paper describes work undertaken in the ADEPT (Advanced Decision Environment for Process Tasks) project towards developing an agent-based infrastructure for managing business processes. We...
Using intelligent agents to manage business processes (1996)
N. R. Jennings, P. Faratin, M. J. Johnson, M. E. Wieg
This paper describes work undertaken in the ADEPT (Advanced Decision Environment for Process Tasks) project towards developing an agent-based infrastructure for managing business processes. We...
N. R. Jennings, J. M. Corera, I. Laresgoiti, E. H. Mamdani, F. Perriollat, P. Skarek, ...
ARCHON ™ (ARchitecture for Cooperative Heterogeneous ON-line systems) was Europe’s largest ever project in the area of Distributed Artificial Intelligence (DAI). It devised a general-purpose...
ADEPT: Managing business processes using intelligent agents (1996)
N. R. Jennings, P. Faratin, T. J. Norman, M. E. Wieg, C. Voudouris, J. L. Alty, ...
paper describes work undertaken in the ADEPT (Advanced Decision Environment for Process Tasks) project towards developing an agent-based infrastructure for managing business processes. We describe...
One reason why Distributed AI (DAI) technology has been deployed in relatively few real-size applications is that it lacks a clear and implementable model of cooperative problem solving which...
Agent-based Meeting Scheduling: A Design and Implementation (1995)
Jennings, N. R., Jackson, A. J.
This letter describes the design and implementation of a distributed meeting scheduling system in which each user has an intelligent agent in their computer desktop which is responsible for arranging...
An Agent-based Approach to Health Care Management (1995)
Huang, J., Jennings, N. R., Fox, J.
The provision of medical care typically involves a number of individuals, located in a number of different institutions, whose decisions and actions need to be coordinated if the care is to be...
Intelligent Agents: Theory and Practice (1995)
Wooldridge, M. J., Jennings, N. R.
The concept of an agent has become important in both Artificial Intelligence (AI) and mainstream computer science. Our aim in this paper is to point the reader at what we perceive to be the most...
Formal Specification of Multi-Agent Systems (1995)
Brazier, F. M. T., Keplicz, B. D., Jennings, N. R., Treur, J.
In this paper the framework DESIRE, originally designed for formal specification of complex reasoning systems is used to specify a real-world multi-agent application on a conceptual level. Some...
How Agents do it in Stream Logic Programming (1995)
Huntbach, M. M., Jennings, N. R., Ringwood, G. A.
The key factor that will determine the speed and depth to which multi-agent systems penetrate the commercial marketplace is the ease with which applications can be developed. One approach is to use...
Developing Industrial Multi-Agent Systems (Invited Paper) (1995)
Jennings, N. R., Corera, J., Laresgoiti, I.
The development and deployment of multi-agent systems in real world settings raises a number of important research issues and problems which must be overcome if Distributed AI (DAI) is to become a...
An Agent Architecture for Distributed Medical Care (1995)
Huang, J., Jennings, N. R., Fox, J.
Abstract. This paper describes the design and implementation of a layered agent architecture for decision support applications in general and for distributed medical care in particular. Three...
On Social Attitudes: A Preliminary Report (1995)
This paper describes our preliminary investigations into identifying, and ultimately formalising, the wide range of social problem solving behaviour which can occur in multiagent systems. In...
Formal Specification of Multi-Agent Systems: a Real World Case (1995)
Brazier, F.M.T., Dunin-Keplicz, B.M., Jennings, N.R., Treur, J.
In this paper the framework DESIRE, originally designed for formal specification of complex reasoning systems is used to specify a real-world multi-agent application on a conceptual level. Some...
One reason why Distributed AI (DAI) technology has been deployed in relatively few real-size applications is that it lacks a clear and implementable model of cooperative problem solving which...
An Agent Architecture for Distributed Medical Care (1995)
Jun Huang, N. R. Jennings, John Fox
. This paper describes the design and implementation of a layered agent architecture for decision support applications in general and for distributed medical care in particular. Three important...
On Social Attitudes: A Preliminary Report (1995)
This paper describes our preliminary investigations into identifying, and ultimately formalising, the wide range of social problem solving behaviour which can occur in multiagent systems. In...
Agent-based Meeting Scheduling: A Design and Implementation (1995)
N. R. Jennings, A. J. Jackson, London E Ns
Introduction: It is widely believed that the next generation of computer desktop applications will be significantly more proactive in helping users achieve their goals than those which currently...
An Agent-based Approach to Health Care Management (1995)
Jun Huang, N. R. Jennings, John Fox, Dr. Nick Jennings
The provision of medical care typically involves a number of individuals, located in a number of different institutions, whose decisions and actions need to be coordinated if the care is to be...
Formal Specification of Multi-Agent Systems: a Real-World Case (1995)
Frances Brazier, N.R. Jennings, J. Treur, B. Dunin-Keplicz, Nick R. Jennings
In this paper the framework DESIRE, originally designed for formal specification of complex reasoning systems is used to specify a real-world multi-agent application on a conceptual level. Some...
Archon: A Distributed Artificial Intelligence System For Industrial Applications (1995)
ARCHON^TM (ARchitecture for Cooperative Heterogeneous ON-line systems) is Europe's largest project in the area of Distributed Artificial Intelligence (DAI). It has devised a general-purpose...
An agent architecture for distributed medical care (1995)
Jun Huang, N. R. Jennings, John Fox
Abstract. This paper describes the design and implementation of a layered agent architecture for decision support applications in general and for distributed medical care in particular. Three...
On Social Attitudes: A Preliminary Report (1995)
This paper describes our preliminary investigations into identifying, and ultimately formalising, the wide range of social problem solving behaviour which can occur in multiagent systems. In...
Varga, L. Z., Jennings, N. R., Cockburn, D.
Systems in which semi-autonomous problem solving agents communicate and cooperate with one another represent an exciting vision of future computing environments. However, if this vision is ever going...
ARCHON: A Framework for Intelligent Cooperation (1994)
Wittig, T., Jennings, N. R., Mamdani, E. H.
This paper describes the work which has taken place in the ARCHON project - ESPRIT project P-2256. The consortium has developed a general purpose architecture which can be used to facilitate...
Cooperation in Distributed Medical Care (1994)
Huang, J., Jennings, N. R., Fox, J.
Cooperative clinical information systems (CCIS) are destined to become an invaluable tool for managing care processes in which a number of interrelated care tasks are performed by a network of...
ADEPT-Advanced Decision Environment for Process Tasks: Overview & Architecture (1994)
Alty, J. A., Griffiths, D., Jennings, N. R., Mamdani, E. H., Struthers, A., Wiegand, M. E.
This paper provides an introduction to project ADEPT (Advanced Decision Environment for Process Tasks). The project is researching both the technology and the methods that are needed to improve the...
Towards a Theory of Cooperative Problem Solving (1994)
Wooldridge, M. J., Jennings, N. R.
One objective of distributed artificial intelligence research is to build systems that are capable of cooperative problem solving. To this end, a number of implementation-oriented models of...
Formalising the Cooperative Problem Solving Process (1994)
Wooldridge, M. J., Jennings, N. R.
One objective of distributed artificial intelligence research is to build systems that are capable of cooperative problem solving. To this end, a number of implementation oriented models of...
Belief Revision in Multi-Agent Systems (1994)
Malheiro, B., Jennings, N. R., Oliveira, E.
Abstract. The ability to respond sensibly to changing and conflicting beliefs is an integral part of intelligent agency. To this end, we outline the design and implementation of a Distributed...
The ARCHON System and its Applications (1994)
ARCHON™ (ARchitecture for Cooperative Heterogeneous ON-line systems) was Europe’s largest project in the area of Distributed Artificial Intelligence (DAI). It devised a general-purpose...
Agent Theories, Architectures and Languages: A Survey (1994)
Wooldridge, M. J., Jennings, N. R.
The concept of an agent has recently become important in Artificial Intelligence (AI), and its relatively youthful subfield, DistributedAI (DAI). Our aim in this paper is to point the reader at what...
The Archon System And Its Applications (1994)
N. R. Jennings, Queen Mary, Westfield College
ARCHON ^TM (ARchitecture for Cooperative Heterogeneous ON-line systems) was Europe's largest project in the area of Distributed Artificial Intelligence (DAI). It devised a general-purpose...
ARCHON - A Framework for Intelligent Co-operation (1994)
T. Wittig, N. R. Jennings, E. H. Mamdani, Atlas Elektronik Gmbh
This paper describes the work which has taken place in the ARCHON project - ESPRIT project P-2256. The consortium has developed a general purpose architecture which can be used to facilitate...
Cooperation in Distributed Medical Care (1994)
Jun Huang, N. R. Jennings, John Fox
Cooperative clinical information systems (CCIS) are destined to become an invaluable tool for managing care processes in which a number of interrelated care tasks are performed by a network of...
Belief Revision in Multi-Agent Systems (1994)
B. Malheiro, N. R. Jennings, E. Oliveira
. The ability to respond sensibly to changing and conflicting beliefs is an integral part of intelligent agency. To this end, we outline the design and implementation of a Distributed...
ADEPT - Advanced Decision Environment for Process Tasks: Overview and Architecture (1994)
J.L. Alty, D. Griffiths, N.R. Jennings, E. H. Mamdani, A. Struthers, M.E. Wiegand
This paper provides an introduction to project ADEPT (Advanced Decision Environment for Process Tasks). The project is researching both the technology and the methods that are needed to improve the...
Agent Theories, Architectures, and Languages: A Survey. : References (1994)
M. J. Time, N.R. Jennings, Choice In, M. J. Wooldridge, J. P. Muller, S. Conceptual, ...
ual Structures: Current Research and Practice. Chichester: Ellis Horwood, 1992, 543-557. Webber, B.L. Instruction Understanding for Human Figure Animation. Proceedings of the AAAI Spring Symposium,...
Cooperation in Distributed Medical Care (1994)
Jun Huang, N. R. Jennings, John Fox
Cooperative clinical information systems (CCIS) are destined to become an invaluable tool for managing care processes in which a number of interrelated care tasks are performed by a network of...
Nationwide summary of U.S (1994)
ARCHON is an ongoing ESPRIT II project (P-2256) which is approximately half way through its five year duration. It is concerned with defining and applying techniques from the area of Distributed...
Cooperation in Distributed Medical Care (1994)
Jun Huang, N. R. Jennings, John Fox
Cooperative clinical information systems (CCIS) are destined to become an invaluable tool for managing care processes in which a number of interrelated care tasks are performed by a network of...
Transforming stand-alone expert system into a community of cooperating agents (1993)
Jennings, N R, Varga, L Z, Aarnts, R P, Fuchs, J, Skarek, Paul
Distributed Artificial Intelligence (DAI) systems in which multiple problem solving agents cooperate to achieve a common objective is a rapidly emerging and promising technology. However, as yet,...
Commitments and Conventions: The Foundation of Coordination in Multi-Agent Systems (1993)
Distributed Artificial Intelligence systems, in which multiple agents interact to improve their individual performance and to enhance the system’s overall utility, are becoming an increasingly...
Systems composed of multiple interacting problem solvers are becoming increasingly pervasive and have been championed in some quarters as the basis of the next generation of intelligent information...
Transforming Stand-alone Expert Systems into a Community of Cooperating Agents (1993)
Jennings, N. R., Varga, L. Z., Aarnts, R. P., Fuchs, J., Skarek, P.
Distributed Artificial Intelligence (DAI) systems in which multiple problem solving agents cooperate to achieve a common objective is a rapidly emerging and promising technology. However, as yet,...
Design and Implementation of ARCHON's Coordination Module (1993)
This paper describes the design and implementation of a domain-independent reusable coordination module. This module is at the heart of the ARCHON architecture and has been used in the development of...
Transforming Standalone Expert Systems into a Community of Cooperating Agents (1993)
Jennings Varga, N. R. Jennings, L. Z. Varga, J. Fuchs
Distributed Artificial Intelligence (DAI) systems in which multiple problem solving agents cooperate to achieve a common objective is a rapidly emerging and promising technology. However, as yet,...
Belief Revision in Multi-Agent Systems (1993)
Benedita Malheiro, N. R. Jennings, Eug��nio Oliveira
. The ability to respond sensibly to changing and conflicting beliefs is an integral part of intelligent agency. To this end, we outline the design and implementation of a Distributed Assumption...
Belief Revision in Multi-Agent Systems (1993)
Benedita Malheiro, N. R. Jennings, Eug��nio Oliveira
. The ability to respond sensibly to changing and conflicting beliefs is an integral part of intelligent agency. To this end, we outline the design and implementation of a Distributed Assumption...
Joint Intentions as a Model of Multi-Agent Cooperation (1992)
Computer-based systems are being used to tackle increasingly complex problems in ever more demanding domains. The size and amount of knowledge needed by such systems means they are becoming unwieldy...
Joint Intentions as a Model of Multi-Agent Cooperation (1992)
Computer-based systems are being used to tackle increasingly complex problems in ever more demanding domains. The size and amount of knowledge needed by such systems means they are becoming unwieldy...
ARCHON: Theory and Practice (1992)
This paper describes the state of the ARCHON project at its halfway stage. It outlines why a Distributed AI approach is appropriate for large industrial applications, the benefits which accrue and...
GRATE: A General Framework for Cooperative Problem Solving (1992)
Jennings, N. R., Mamdani, E. H., Laresgoiti, I., Perez, J., Corera, J.
As the deployment of expert systems has spread into more complex and sophisticated environments, so inherent technological limitations have been observed. As a technique for overcoming this...
Joint responsibility is a mental and behavioural state which captures and formalizes many of the intuitive underpinnings of collaborative problem solving. It defines the pre-conditions which must...
A Knowledge Level Approach to Collaborative Problem Solving (1992)
This paper proposes, characterizes and outlines the benefits of a new computer level specifically for multi-agent problem solvers. This level is called the cooperation knowledge level and involves...
Towards a Cooperation Knowledge Level for Collaborative Problem Solving (1992)
The cooperation knowledge level is a new computer level specifically for multi-agent problem solvers which describes rich and explicit models of common social phenomena. A cooperation level...
Using GRATE to Build Cooperating Agents for Industrial Control (1992)
Abstract. Communities of cooperating problem solvers have recently begun to emerge as a paradigm for overcoming the complexity of building large software systems in the area of process control. Each...
Jennings, N. R., Mamdani, E. H.
Joint responsibility is a new meta-level description of how cooperating agents should behave when engaged in collaborative problem solving. It is dependent of any specific planning or concensus...