Title :
Job allocation mechanism to support a call center: Multiagent approach based on market economic model
Author :
Enoki, Hiroshi ; Kitamura, Yasuhiko ; Tatsumi, Shoji ; Kitamura, Shozo
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. & Commun. Eng., Osaka City Univ., Japan
Abstract :
This paper proposes a fair allocation method of the job in a call center adapting the multiagent system with self-interested agents on the basis of the theory of fair allocation to the market economy for realizing fairness to the job of the agent who works in a call center. This method leads to a problem solving of the burnout, and it is one of the subjects in a call center. Fair allocation is one of desirable allocation from viewpoint of individual rationality and social welfare, because it is considered as an allocation, which fills envy-free and Pareto efficiency
Keywords :
call centres; multi-agent systems; resource allocation; call center; fair allocation; multiagent systern; problem solving; resource allocation; Appraisal; Automation; Decision making; Multiagent systems; Problem-solving; Resource management;
Conference_Titel :
Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 2001 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Tucson, AZ
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7087-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICSMC.2001.973070