Fuzzy Constraint Based Negotiation Under Time Pressure

Author

An, Bo ; Shen, Zhiqi ; Miao, Chunyan ; Tang, Lianggui ; Cheng, Daijie

Author_Institution

Coll. of Comput. Sci., Chongqing Univ., Chongqing

fYear

2006

fDate

16-18 Aug. 2006

Firstpage

299

Lastpage

304

Abstract

This paper presents a new fuzzy constraint based multi-issue negotiation model for agent mediated collaborative manufacturing. Unlike the related work in fuzzy constraint based negotiation models, the pressure of deadline is taken into account while designing agents´ demand relaxation strategies. We give an analysis of the optimal concession strategies and the analysis shows the existence of equilibrium even when all the trading parties have incomplete information about one another. Moreover, outside options are specifically considered while analyzing agents´ optimal strategies and equilibrium solutions.

Keywords

fuzzy set theory; groupware; manufacturing data processing; multi-agent systems; agent mediated collaborative manufacturing; agents demand relaxation strategy; fuzzy constraint; multiissue negotiation model; optimal concession strategy; Collaborative work; Computer aided manufacturing; Computer science; Educational institutions; Fuzzy set theory; Information analysis; Manufacturing systems; Pulp manufacturing; Time factors; Virtual manufacturing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industrial Informatics, 2006 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Singapore

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9700-2

Electronic_ISBN

0-7803-9701-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/INDIN.2006.275797

Filename

4053404