> I have not come across much work on the application of AI algorithms to
> the Contract Net Protocol (Smith, Sandholm), except an application of
> case-based reasoning to reduce communication overheads.
>
> I would appreciate if this group can point me to any other work in this
> area, and provide some thoughts on research in this direction. Thanks.
>
> Vijay
>
>
I am working in this area myself. We have formalised a knowledge based
Tri-base Acquaintance Model that is used for communication reduction. I am
sending you an article I publish at the International Conference on
Multi-Agent Systems in Boston. Feel free to look at our webpage:
http://cyber.felk.cvut.cz/gerstner
Michal
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Dr. Michal Pechoucek (research fellow, lecturer)
Gerstner Laboratory for Intelligent Decision Making
Czech Technical University in Prague
http://cyber.felk.cvut.cz/gerstner
tel:+4202 24357355 fax: +4202 24357224
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