Consider an agent system consisting of 2 agents and 2 resources as follows:
a1 has r1 and needs r1, r2
a2 has r2 and needs r1, r2
According to the eumas08 negotiation policy (simple and reason-based procedures) both agents end unsuccessfully. However, a1 could end successfully if a2 gave it r2. Likewise, a2 could end successfully if a1 gave it r1. However, according to the policy, neither will make this sacrifice and thus an optimal (maximal) number of agents that end successfully is not reached.
Consider including offers/arguments of the form: "Your goal G of obtaining R1, ..., Rn is not achievable because ... so give me Ri".
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Another example: Consider an agent system consisting of 3 agents and 2 resources as follows:
a1 has r1, r2 and needs r1, r2
a2 needs r1
a3 needs r2
According to the eumas08 negotiation policy (simple and reason-based procedures) only 1 agent (a1) ends successfully. However, if a1 gave r1 to a2 and r2 to a3, then 2 agents (a2 and a3) would end successfully.
Consider including offers/arguments of the form: "Give R1 to A1 and R2 to A2 because then a greater number of agents will achieve their goals since..."
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