A distributed multi-agent meeting scheduler

A Distributed Multi-Agent Meeting Scheduler System

system uses a multi-agent paradigm, where independent agents are responsible for autonomously deciding how the task is to be achieved and actually performing the necessary set of actions, including handling interactions with other agents. Each agent knows its user's preferences and calendar availability in order to act on behalf of its user. Agents negotiate by having one agent propose a meetin...

An automated distributed meeting scheduler

An Effective Approach for Distributed Meeting Scheduler

Meeting scheduling is generally considered as one of the most common activities that takes place in organizations. It is a distributed, time-consuming, iterative, and also a tedious task. Meeting scheduling is an example of a resource allocation problem. The principal resource considered for meeting scheduling is the persons’ time. The resource requirement in a distributed environment is dynami...

An Architecture for Multi-agent Negotiation Using Private Preferences in a Meeting Scheduler

We present an architecture for multi-agent negotiation for implementing a distributed meeting scheduler. In the scheduling system, an agent is assigned to an user who plans private schedules and events. An agent negotiates with other agents about making an public schedule by referring user's private schedules and preferences. The multi-agent negotiation we proposed here facilitates reaching an ...

Multiple Negotiations among Agents for a Distributed Meeting Scheduler

We present a method for multi-agent negotiation for implementing a distributed meeting scheduler. In the meeting scheduler, an agent negotiates with other agents about making an public schedule by referring user’s private schedules and preferences. We propose a new persuasion method for multi-agent negotiation for reflecting private preferences. We call the method the multiple negotiations. In ...