Application of multiagent systems in project management

Application of multiagent systems in project management

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Article ID: iaor20012280
Country: Netherlands
Volume: 68
Issue: 2
Start Page Number: 185
End Page Number: 197
Publication Date: Jan 2000
Journal: International Journal of Production Economics
Authors: , ,
Keywords: multi-agent systems
Abstract:

Global markets often require the coordination of firms across the world to gain maximum competence. The organization structure and the management of a firm tend to be project-oriented, and members of a project team are distributed throughout a network. In this paper, we use multi-agent systems as a technique to support project management in a distributed environment. Activity agents and resource agents represent activities and resources in a project. Service agents are automated experts for special project management tasks. This paper presents methods to schedule activities and resolve resource conflict by message exchanging and negotiation among agents. Finally, a prototype of project management tool is implemented, which uses a network of agents to provide services to team members distributed throughout the Internet.

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