Design of Multi Agent System for Resource Allocation and Monitoring

Review Of Related Research

In their study, Jenyl Mumpower and Thomas A. Darling (1991) have discussed three procedures that can be used to resolve Resource Allocation Problem. In Incremental Appropriation, resource allocation begins with no allocation and then allocates small resources. The process is repeated until resources are exhausted. In the second procedure, multiple negotiators give different concessions. Resources are moved from one point to another and utility function is checked. In the third procedure, different negotiators assign different weights to different programmes.

Quantification of non-quantitative indicators is important to make decision of allocation (Jin et al., 2008). The non-quantifiable indicators can be measured through fuzzy comprehensive measurement method. Since non-quantifiable indicators are measured by human, whose knowledge and experiences may not be complete and exact. The probabilistic tools are used to deal with such data. This approach is also used to rank employees’ performance using both quantitative and non-quantitative measures.