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The Contract Net Protocol: High-Level Communication and Control in a Distributed Problem Solver
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The contract net protocol has been developed to specify problem-solving communication and control for nodes in a distributed problem solver. Task distribution is affected by a negotiation process, a discussion carried on between nodes with tasks to be executed and nodes that may be able to execute those tasks.
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- Authors
- Smith
- Venue
- IEEE Transactions on Computers
- Published
- 1980-12
- Volume
- C-29
- Issue
- 12
- Pages
- 1104-1113
- ISSN
- 0018-9340 (ISSN-L)
- 1557-9956
- 2326-3814
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- W2151408086
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- 5.26
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- Language
- en
- Open access
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