Rapid development of agent technologies has evoked new research problems, among them formation of the groups of agents, such as alliances and coalitions. In the paper we differentiate between alliances and coalitions and suggest approaches to their formation. Agents of the highlighted alliances and coalitions are considered as group-rational, i.e., more interested in achieving the common goal than in their own benefits. The paper deals with specific alliances in which an agent accepts the offer to join the alliance despite the fact that one or more clauses of the planned alliance are not acceptable for him. This way, the agent may participate in the alliance on restricted conditions. The paper focuses on the problems of alliance and coalition formation, specifically, on the issues of agents’ activities at the stage of alliance and coalition structuring. For different cases when an agent is either informed about other agents’ capabilities or not, different agent’s activities are considered. For the purposes of modeling and verification of the proposed algorithms and approaches to alliance and coalition formation the Erlang/OTP platform is used. The paper specifies how the Erlang/OTP platform can be used for modeling agents’ intercommunication during formation of coalitions.
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