| Title: | Plan Execution by Contracting in a MultiAgent Environment |
| Author: | Bamshad Mobasher, John Collins, Corey Bilot, Rashmi Sundareswara, Joshua van Tonder, Maria Gini |
| Abstract: | We present a computational model of planning, scheduling, and execution that is capable of supporting the interactions
of a selfinterested agent with other agents in a contracting environment over an extended period of time. The model is appropriate for situations in which a customer agent, in order to fulfill its goals, must contract with other supplier agents for all or part of the necessary tasks. The agents are assumed to be selfinterested and with limited rationality. Supplier agents attempt to gain the greatest possible benefit, and customer agents will attempt to pay the lowest price. |
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