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Abstract : |
We are interested in supporting multi-agent contracting, in which customer agents solicit the resources and capabilities of other, self-interested agents in order to accomplish their goals. Goals may involve the execution of multi-step tasks, in which di#erent tasks are contracted out to di#erent suppliers. We have developed a testbed that allows us to study decision behaviors of agents in this context. It can generate sets of tasks with known statistical attributes, formulate and submit requests for quotations, generate bids with well-defined statistics, and evaluate those interface and a series of pluggable modules with a large number of configuration parameters, and with data collection and analysis tools. 1, |
