Agent Negotiation Patterns for Multi Agent Negotiation System

The development of the multi-agent negotiation system is receiving much attention nowadays. Although there exist works like negotiation architecture, model based negotiation, negotiation algorithms, it is still insufficient to design and develop an agent based negotiation system. Thus, this research is carried out with an intention to alleviate the gap identified by proposing an alternative approach through the use of agent negotiation patterns. Agent patterns are used to document the multi-agent system development experience and to provide a generic solution to recurring problems within a problem domain. Through that, the agent's conceptual designs are reusable to expedite development process and to provide a structured guideline to the development of the multi-agent negotiation system. Altogether, nine patterns are derived for different negotiation strategies. To evaluate and demonstrate the reusability of the agent negotiation patterns derived, two patterns are used in the practical implementation of a case study of an eCommerce system, restaurant reservation system. It showcase the feasibility of the patterns in designing and developing multi-agent negotiation system.