Contents

1. INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................... 4

2. LITERATURE REVIEW .................................................................................. 5

    2.1 AGENT & MULTI AGENT

    Agent …………………………………………………………....………............................................ 5

    Multi Agent …………………………………………………….............................................…….. 7

    2.2 CONCEPT OF NEGOTIATION AMONG AGENTS

    Contract Net Protocol …………………………………………........................................…….. 8

    Extended Contract Net Protocol ……..…………………..................................………….. 10

    Simulated Trading ……………...………………………………..........................................…. 12

    Distribution Constraint Satisfaction Problem …….................................………………. 15

    2.2 EXAMPLE OF TRANSPORTATION SCHEDULING

    APPLICATION THAT HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED

    MAS-MARS …………………………………………........………...........................................… 16

    TeleTruck ………………………………………………………................................................… 16

3. RESEARCH AREA ...................................................................................... 14

3.1 Multi Agent Transportation using CNP and Internal

Market Place .…………………...…………………...……..................................................… 17

3.2 Appying CSP into Multi Agent Transporattion Scheduling ........................... 18

REFERENCE …………...………………………………….........................…..…......................… 16