International Journal of Interactive Multimedia and Artificial Intelligence • Vol 3 • No 5
An Automated Negotiation-based Framework via Multi-Agent System for the Construction Domain
January 2015 • Moamin A. Mahmoud, Mohd Sharifuddin Ahmad, Mohd Zaliman Yuso, Arazi Idrus
In this paper, we propose an automated multi-agent negotiation framework for decision making in the construction domain. It enables software agents to conduct negotiations and autonomously make decisions. The proposed framework consists of two types of components, internal and external. Internal components are integrated into the agent architecture while the external components are blended within the environment to facilitate the negotiation process. The internal components are negotiation algorithm, negotiation s…