Flexible deadlines for directed obligations in agent-based business contracts

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2009

Authors

Henrique Lopes Cardoso (Author) FEUP; Eugénio Oliveira (Author) FEUP

Conference proceedings International

Title: Proceedings of The 8th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2009)

Pages: 1307-1308

The 8th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2009)

Budapest, Hungary, 10 a 15 de Maio de 2009

Indexing

Scopus

Scientific classification

FOS: Natural sciences > Computer and information sciences

CORDIS: Physical sciences > Computer science > Computer systems

Other information

Abstract (EN): In B2B contract enactment, cooperation should be taken into account when modeling contractual commitments through obligations. We advocate a directed deadline obligation approach, taking inspiration on international legislation over trade procedures. Our proposal is based on authorizations granted in specific states of an obligation lifecycle model. Flexible deadlines provide an additional level of cooperation between contractual agents. Moreover, agents increase their decision-making options concerning obligations.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 2