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1、DecisionSupportSystems33(2002)335–347www.elsevier.com/locate/dswCooperationinmulti-agentbiddingD.J.Wu*,YanjunSunLeBowCollegeofBusiness,DrexelUniversity,101North33rdStreet,AcademicBuilding,Philadelphia,PA19104,USAAbstractAfundamentalprobleminbusiness-to-businessexchange
2、sistheefficientdesignofmechanismstopromotecooperationandcoordinationofvariousself-interestedagents.Westudythebehaviorofartificialagentsinabiddingandcontractingframework[Eur.J.Oper.Res.(2002);D.J.Wu,P.Kleindorfer,J.E.Zhang,IntegratingContractingandSpotProcurementwithCap
3、acityOptions,WorkingPaper,DepartmentofOperationsandInformationManagement,TheWhartonSchool,UniversityofPennsylvania,2001].Inthisframework,thereisalong-termcontractmarketaswellasabackstopspotmarket.Selleragentsbidtheircontractoffersintermsofpriceandcapacityviaanelectroni
4、cbulletinboard,whileBuyeragentsdecidehowmuchtocontractwithSellersandhowmuchtoshopfromthespotmarket.Thistwo-tieredmarkethasbeenmodeled[Eur.J.Oper.Res.(2002);D.J.Wu,P.Kleindorfer,J.E.Zhang,IntegratingContractingandSpotProcurementwithCapacityOptions,WorkingPaper,Departmen
5、tofOperationsandInformationManagement,TheWhartonSchool,UniversityofPennsylvania,2001]asavon-StackelberggamewithSelleragentsasleaders,andthenecessaryandsufficientconditionsfortheexistenceofmarketequilibriumaregiven.Whathappensiftheresultingequilibriumisnoncooperativeand
6、Paretodominatedbysomenonequilibriumbidding?Whathappensiftherearemultipleequilibria,someParetodominatedbyothers,thenwhichwillbeselected?Whathappenswhenthereisnoequilibrium?Thegoalofthispaperistostudyequilibriumanddisequilibriumbehaviorofartificialagentsinsuchsystems,and
7、exploretheefficientdesignofmechanismstopromotecooperationandcoordinationofself-interestedartificialagents.D2002ElsevierScienceB.V.Allrightsreserved.Keywords:Artificialagents;Bidding;Capacityoptions;(Dis)equilibriumbehavior1.Introductionacontractmarket(whichmightbethoug
8、htofasthe‘‘monthahead’’market),inwhichSellersandBuyersAfundamentalprobleminbusiness-to-businessinteractthroughanelect
