Towards building Agreement Spaces using consensus networks

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Rebollo, M.^{; *} | Palomares, A. | Carrascosa, C.

Affiliations: Universitat Politècnica de València, Camino de Vera s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain. E-mails: mrebollo@dsic.upv.es, apalomares@dsic.upv.es, carrasco@dsic.upv.es

Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author. E-mail: mrebollo@dsic.upv.es.

Abstract: If a set of agents tries to reach an agreement, there will be an Agreement Space that models the maximum valid space based on the individual constraints of each agent regarding the terms of the agreement. This paper presents a possible distributed solution using a consensus algorithm. This algorithm is applied to the MAS acquaintances network to build an Agreement Space, which allows us to determine whether or not an agreement can be achieved.

Keywords: Agreement, consensus, multi-agent systems

DOI: 10.3233/AIC-150667

Journal: AI Communications, vol. 29, no. 1, pp. 17-30, 2016