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SmartContractor: A Distributed Task Assignment System Based on the Simple Contract Net Protocol

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Principles of Practice in Multi-Agent Systems (PRIMA 2009)

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In this paper, we present and demonstrate SmartContractor: a distributed task assignment system based on the simple ContractNet protocol. In Japan, housewives doing side work in their free time at home is common practice which helps those that have children and the ability to do work. Recently, a franchised sideline business has grown. They started by establishing a systematic business process for sideline work shops, then franchising and networking those shops .In such franchised sideline businesses, it is of utmost necessity to allocate or delegate tasks among the shops by using a web-based network system. This business process of task allocation/delegation is very similar to the famous ContractNet protocol. Thus, a ContractNet approach is a smart and straightforward for us. The initial SmartContractor system has been delivered, and is improved with an Agile-based development process. The system will be implemented from September 2009.

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  1. Nagoya Institute of Technology, Gokiso, Showa-ku, Nagoya, 466-8555, Japan

    Bipin Khanal, Hideyuki Sugiura, Takayuki Ito, Masashi Iwasaki, Katsuhide Fujita & Masao Kobayashi

  2. Makoto Lab., Inc., Nagoya, Japan

    Bipin Khanal, Hideyuki Sugiura, Takayuki Ito, Masashi Iwasaki, Katsuhide Fujita & Masao Kobayashi

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  1. School of Computer Science and Information Engineering, The Catholic University of Korea, Bucheon, South Korea

    Jung-Jin Yang

  2. Faculty of Information Science and Electrical Engineering, Department of Informatics, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, 819-0395, Fukuoka, Japan

    Makoto Yokoo

  3. School of Techno-Business Administration, Dept. of Computer Science, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Gokiso, Showa-ku, 466-8555, Nagoya, Japan

    Takayuki Ito

  4. School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, Peking University, No. 5 Yiheyuan Road, 100871, Beijing, China

    Zhi Jin

  5. Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Avenue, 15213, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    Paul Scerri

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Khanal, B., Sugiura, H., Ito, T., Iwasaki, M., Fujita, K., Kobayashi, M. (2009). SmartContractor: A Distributed Task Assignment System Based on the Simple Contract Net Protocol. In: Yang, JJ., Yokoo, M., Ito, T., Jin, Z., Scerri, P. (eds) Principles of Practice in Multi-Agent Systems. PRIMA 2009. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 5925. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-11161-7_28

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