@Article{	  smith81,
  author =	 {Reid G. Smith},
  title =	 {The Contract Net Protocol: High-Level Communication
                  and Control in a Distributed Problem Solver},
  googleid =	 {7E57MGIOclcJ:scholar.google.com/},
  journal =	 {{IEEE} Transactions on Computers},
  year =	 1981,
  volume =	 {C-29},
  number =	 12,
  pages =	 {1104--1113},
  abstract =	 {The contract net protocol has been developed to
                  specify problem-solving communication and control
                  for nodes in a distributed problem solver. Task
                  distribution is affected by a negotiation process, a
                  discussion carried on between nodes with tasks to be
                  executed and nodes that may be able to execute those
                  tasks. },
  keywords =     {multiagent negotiation classic},
  comment =	 {The original Contract Net paper.},
  created =	 1001877509,
  cluster = 	 {6301114643527716588}
}