Multiagent decision techniques for electronic commerce and environmental management problems

电子商务和环境管理问题的多智能体决策技术

• 批准号: 155097-2006
• 负责人: Fang, Liping
• 金额: $ 1.17万
• 依托单位: Ryerson University
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2007-01-01 至 2008-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=365354
• 关键词: Multiagent; decision; techniques; electronic; commerce

The principal aim of the proposed research program is to develop multiagent decision making methodologies with application to electronic commerce and environmental management problems. Agents can be human decision makers or autonomous software agents. In particular, formal multiagent decision techniques will be investigated and computerized systems to support these techniques will be developed. The proposed research program is composed of three components: further development of the graph model for conflict resolution methodology; design of methods for allocating fairly and efficiently limited resources among competing uses and stakeholders in common-pool resource management problems arising in various areas, such as basin-wide water resources management systems and telecommunication networks; and study of roles of electronic marketplaces (e-marketplaces) in supply chains in the new economy and two particular aspects of e-marketplaces: online auction and negotiations among agents. The decision making techniques studied will be applied to practical decision problems in electronic commerce, environmental management, and other areas. The techniques and tools developed in the proposed research can be used to assist decision makers who are involved in multiagent decision problems and can be utilized by practitioners, researchers, and decision makers for designing e-marketplaces, improving negotiation performance of firms in e-marketplaces, and allocating scarce resources fairly and efficiently among competing uses and stakeholders. Graduate and undergraduate students will be trained for conducting research on developing multiagent decision techniques, designing and implementing decision support systems, and applying the new and improved techniques to challenging engineering problems.

拟议研究计划的主要目的是开发应用于电子商务和环境管理问题的多主体决策方法。代理可以是人类决策者或自主软件代理。特别是，将研究正式的多智能体决策技术，并开发支持这些技术的计算机化系统。拟议的研究计划由三个部分组成：进一步开发冲突解决方法的图模型；设计方法，在不同领域（例如全流域水资源管理系统和电信网络）出现的共同池资源管理问题中，在竞争性用途和利益相关者之间公平、有效地分配有限资源；并研究电子市场（电子市场）在新经济供应链中的作用以及电子市场的两个特定方面：在线拍卖和代理商之间的谈判。所研究的决策技术将应用于电子商务、环境管理和其他领域的实际决策问题。本研究中开发的技术和工具可用于协助参与多主体决策问题的决策者，并且可以被从业者、研究人员和决策者用来设计电子市场，提高电子市场中企业的谈判绩效，并在竞争用途和利益相关者之间公平有效地分配稀缺资源。研究生和本科生将接受培训，开展有关开发多智能体决策技术、设计和实施决策支持系统以及应用新的和改进的技术来解决具有挑战性的工程问题的研究。