doi: 10.7763/IJMO.2012.V2.175
A Multiagent Based System for Resource Allocation and Scheduling of Distributed Projects
Sunil Adhau
1
,
M. L. Mittal
2,*
- 1 Mechanical Engineering Department, Government Polytechnic Pune 411016 INDIA.
- 2 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Malaviya National Institute of Technology, JAIPUR 302017 INDIA.
Abstract
In this paper, a multi agent based decentralized decision making approach is presented for allocating resources and scheduling of distributed multiple projects. The resource allocation and scheduling is performed cooperatively and collectively by a group of autonomous project agents, resource agents and a mediator agent. We propose a price mechanism that allows project agents to bid for the needed resources. A new contract net protocol (CNP) concept is used for negotiations and coordination among the agents. This approach is successfully applied on an example problem.
Keywords
- CNP;
- bidding;
- Multiagent;
- Multi
- project;
- Scheduling
How to Cite
Sunil Adhau and M. L. Mittal, "A Multiagent Based System for Resource Allocation and Scheduling of Distributed Projects," International Journal of Modeling and Optimization, vol. 2, no. 4, pp. 524-528, 2012. https://doi.org/ 10.7763/IJMO.2012.V2.175
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