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Cooperation based Dynamic Team Formation in Multi-Agent Auctions
Cooperation based Dynamic Team Formation in Multi-Agent Auctions
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Pippin, Charles, E.
Christensen, Henrik I.
Christensen, Henrik I.
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Auction based methods are often used to perform distributed task allocation on multi-agent teams. Many existing approaches to auctions assume fully cooperative team members. On in-situ and dynamically formed teams, reciprocal collaboration may not always be a valid assumption. This paper presents an approach for dynamically selecting auction partners based on observed team member performance and shared reputation. In addition, we present the use of a shared reputation authority mechanism. Finally, experiments are performed in simulation on multiple UAV platforms to highlight situations in which it is better to enforce cooperation in auctions using this approach.
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2012-05
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