Fuzzy alliance and coalitions that can be formed by alliance agents

Authors

  • Viktor Mashkov Department of Informatics, University J. E. Purkyne, Pasteurova 1, Usti nad Labem, Czech Republic
  • Andrzej Smolarz Lublin University of Technology http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6473-9627
  • Volodymyr Lytvynenko Kherson National Technical University, Kherson, Ukraine

Abstract

The paper deals with alliances and coalitions that can be formed by the agents or entities. Alliance agents are assumed to cooperate and form coalitions for performing the tasks or missions. It is considered that alliance agents are unselfish. That is, they are more interested in achieving the common goal(s) than in getting personal benefits. In the paper, the concept of fuzzy alliance was introduced. A fuzzy alliance is considered as a generalization of a traditional alliance allowing agents to decide on the capabilities that their agents can and want to deliver to the coalition. Coalitions that fuzzy alliance agents can form were considered. The definition of the “best” coalition was explained. The method of how to find the “best” coalition among all possible coalitions was suggested and verified by computer simulation.

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Published

2023-10-28

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Applied Informatics