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Contract Net Protocol

Contract Net Protocol is a multi-agent task allocation mechanism in which agents autonomously bid for tasks based on local knowledge, with task assignment determined through a negotiation process that selects the most suitable bidder according to predefined criteria.

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13.4K

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432

Authors

183

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2017–2026

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170

The Contract Net Protocol: High-Level Communication and Control in a Distributed Problem Solver

Smith · IEEE Transactions on Computers · 1980 · 3.7K citations

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KQML as an agent communication language

Tim Finin, Richard Fritzson, Don McKay et al. · 1994 · 1.5K citations · Full text

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Sold!: auction methods for multirobot coordination

Brian Gerkey, Maja J. Matarić · IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation · 2002 · 1K citations

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An implementation of the contract net protocol based on marginal cost calculations

Tüomas Sandholm · National Conference on Artificial Intelligence · 1993 · 463 citations

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M+: a scheme for multi-robot cooperation through negotiated task allocation and achievement

Sílvia Silva da Costa Botelho, Rachid Alami · 2003 · 287 citations

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Authors

432

  1. KM
    K.L. Mak

    University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR China

    4 publications · 299 citations

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  2. FH
    Fu-Shiung Hsieh

    Chaoyang University of Technology, Taiwan

    4 publications · 116 citations

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  3. KF
    Klaus Fischer

    German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence, Germany

    4 publications · 492 citations

    4

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  4. MS
    Mozafar Saadat

    University of Birmingham, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 74 citations

    3

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  5. DO
    Djamila Ouelhadj

    University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 152 citations

    3

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Institutions

183

  1. University of Hong Kong

    Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong

    6 h-index

    17 publications

    1.1K citations

  2. Northwestern Polytechnical University

    Xi'an, China

    5 h-index

    13 publications

    509 citations

  3. University of Bologna

    Bologna, Italy

    5 h-index

    10 publications

    316 citations

  4. National University of Defense Technology

    Changsha, China

    4 h-index

    12 publications

    333 citations

  5. Shanghai Jiao Tong University

    Shanghai, China

    4 h-index

    9 publications

    311 citations

  6. Imperial College London

    London, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    10 publications

    1.1K citations

  7. University of Calgary

    Calgary, Canada

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    368 citations

  8. The University of Melbourne

    Melbourne, Australia

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    244 citations

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Venues

  1. International Journal of Production Research

    7 publications · 404 citations

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  2. Production Planning & Control

    4 publications · 148 citations

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  4. IEEE Transactions on Computers

    3 publications · 3.8K citations

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  5. Automatica

    2 publications · 83 citations

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