CIRANO Le CIRANO est un organisme sans but lucratif constitué en vertu de la Loi des compagnies du Québec. Le financement de son infrastructure et de ses activités de recherche provient des cotisations de ses organisations-membres, d'une subvention d'infrastructure du ministère de la Recherche, de la Science et de la Technologie, de même que des subventions et mandats obtenus par ses équipes de...

Multi-lateral collaborations are based on the interaction of several parties. In particular, each party contributes different tasks to the execution of the collaboration. The coordination of these different tasks, that is, the handling of the dependencies between the different tasks, is known as a workflow. When this coordination ensures a successful interaction between the different parties th...

A model for multi-agent negotiation under time constraints on an agent-based marketplace for personnel acquisition is presented. In the situation under consideration agents have contradictory aims and multi-lateral negotiation is chosen as the most suitable form for agents’ co-ordination. Negotiation issues and negotiation strategies are discussed first. Then the general case of multi-lateral n...