A multi-agent incremental negotiation scheme for meetings scheduling

We present an agent-oriented approach to the meeting scheduling problem and propose an incremental negotiation scheme that makes use of a hierarchical structure of an individual agent´s working knowledge. First, we formalise the meeting scheduling problem in a multi-agent context, then elaborate on the design of a common agent architecture of all agents in the system. As a result, each agent becomes a modularised computing unit yet possesses high autonomy and robust interface with other agents. The system reserves the meeting participants´ privacy since there are no agents with dominant roles, and agents can communicate at an abstract level in their hierarchical structures