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CDC
2008
IEEE
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16 years 1 months ago
A proximal center-based decomposition method for multi-agent convex optimization
— In this paper we develop a new dual decomposition method for optimizing a sum of convex objective functions corresponding to multiple agents but with coupled constraints. In ou...
Ion Necoara, Johan A. K. Suykens
MATES
2004
Springer
16 years 1 days ago
C-IPS: Specifying Decision Interdependencies in Negotiations
Negotiation is an important mechanism of coordination in multiagent systems. Contrary to early conceptualizations of negotiating agents, we believe that decisions regarding the neg...
Kay Schröter, Diemo Urbig
STAIRS
2008
128views Education» more  STAIRS 2008»
15 years 8 months ago
Towards Social Dynamic Dependence Networks for Institutions
Social networks are structures that aim to represent the relationships among the actors of a society. In the multiagent model, these networks depict the dependencies among the agen...
Serena Villata
ATAL
2008
Springer
15 years 8 months ago
Cooperative search for optimizing pipeline operations
We present an application of a multi-agent cooperative search approach to the problem of optimizing gas pipeline operations, i.e. finding control parameters for a gas transmission...
T. Mora, Abu B. Sesay, Jörg Denzinger, Hossei...
ATAL
2009
Springer
16 years 1 months ago
Reward shaping for valuing communications during multi-agent coordination
Decentralised coordination in multi-agent systems is typically achieved using communication. However, in many cases, communication is expensive to utilise because there is limited...
Simon A. Williamson, Enrico H. Gerding, Nicholas R...