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Title

On fuzzy projection-based utility decomposition in compound multi-agent negotiations

Author(s)

Brzostowski, Jakub;  Kowalczyk, Ryszard

Abstract

In the process of compound multi-agent negotiation a number of agents concurrently negotiate with one or more counterparts in order to satisfy the individual preferences that lead to the collective maximization of the overall utility function imposed on the compound service. In order to perform this task the overall utility function has to be decomposed into individual single-service utility functions. This problem is not trivial, especially in compound multi-agent negotiations involving more complex aggregation patters of negotiated issues. In this paper we propose an approach for derivation of the individual utility functions based of the principles of fuzzy set projection. We also propose a way of modifying the initially generated utility functions in the case where the agreement was not reached with those functions, what allows for reaching an agreement in repeated negotiation.

Publication type

Conference paper

Research centre

Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies

Source

Lecture Notes in Computer Science: Foundations of Fuzzy Logic and Soft Computing: Proceedings of the 12th International Fuzzy Systems Association World Congress (IFSA 2007), Cancun, Mexico, 18-21 June 2007, Vol. 4529, pp. 757-766

Publication year

2007

Keyword(s)

Function evaluation;  Fuzzy projection;  Fuzzy sets;  Multi agent systems;  Utility function;  Utility programs

Publisher

Springer

ISSN

0302-9743 (series ISSN)

ISBN

9783540729174

Publisher URL

http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-72950-1_74

Copyright

Copyright © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2007.

Peer reviewed