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Subject: Seminar - Extensions to the Contract Net Protocol (USC)
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		USC Distributed Problem Solving Group

			    Meeting

		Wednesday, 3/19/86  3:00-5:00 PM

			Seaver Science 319

Gary Lindquist, Ph.D. student,  USC,  will speak on "Extensions to
the Contract Net Protocol".

                            ABSTRACT

The Contract Net Protocol developed by Smith and Davis provides a framework
for communication and task allocation among distributed problem solvers.
This talk will begin with a short tutorial on the Contract Net Protocol and
then will identify deficiencies in matching of subtasks to problem solving
nodes and in the synchronization of lower level managers concerning activity
conflicts and redundant computations.  Solutions to these problems based on
existing research in distributed planning and operating systems will then be
presented.

Questions: Dr. Les Gasser (213) 743-7794 or

           Gary Lindquist:  Lindquist.usc-cse.usc.edu
                            Lindquist%usc-cse@csnet-relay