JPH11212930A - Resource accommodation negotiation system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To execute the negotiation of a series of procedures with consistency maintained by making the computer on the side of a supplier propose a plan designed based on the demand information of the computer on the side of a customer to the computer on the side of the customer receiving the notice of the propriety of acceptance. SOLUTION: If resource management programs 11 and 21 set the initial quantity of supply and demand in the computers 1 and 2 on the side of suppliers and the computer 4 on the side of a customer and it is opened to the public on network, the computers 1 and 2 design a supply plan that is based on information about the demand quantity of the computer 4 which is collected by a resource quantity collecting program 13 and the resource quantity of a resource quantity storing means 12 and propose it to the computer 4 with a resource accommodation quantity negotiation program 15. The computer 4 fetches the supply plan from a when negotiation accommodation plan storing means 26, selects the supply plan in an evaluation system prepared in a resource accommodation quantity negotiation program 25, attaches an identifiable label and notifies negotiation results to the computers 1 and 2 respectively. The computers 1 and 2 notify the negotiation results to the program 11 to update supply quantity and demand quantity.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a resource exchange negotiation method between a demander computer and a supplier computer when planning resource interchange in a plurality of computers connected to a computer network.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there has been a method of exchanging information held by a plurality of computers connected to a computer network. However, a method for managing negotiations necessary for solving a problem in the information exchange process. Was not. For example, in the "decision support method" disclosed in JP-A-63-2057334, a large computer and a workstation are connected to a computer network, and means for mutually collecting information necessary for decision making is not provided. Although it is provided, after information is collected, decisions are made individually only from the collected information without assuming negotiations. Also,
In the “equal resource distribution method” disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 05-233596, the supplier computer sets prices for resources managed by the supplier computer in the configuration shown in FIG. In this manner, the price is notified to the consumer computer, and the price is reset according to the allocation request from the consumer computer, thereby repeatedly managing the resource distribution negotiation as the supplier computer. .

[0003]

In the former as a conventional negotiation method, resource information can be exchanged in order to apply to decision making regarding resource interchange, but when a supply and demand plan is drawn up based on the information, mutual information can be exchanged. The lack of a way to carry out negotiations such as negotiations has not been sufficient for the decision-making process to seek better supply and demand plans through negotiations. In the latter case of the conventional negotiation method, the contents of the negotiation are exchanged.However, the resource use rate of the supplier computer is managed so as to be evenly distributed based on the price related to the resource. Because there is no notification mechanism of the acceptability as the supplier computer for the allocation request of, for various restrictions on the amount of resources,
There has been a problem that it is not possible to appropriately cope with a case where a plurality of demand side computers make requests ignoring mutual equality. In addition, at the stage when all the notifications from the consumer side computers that may have an allocation request are collected, the price is reset and a synchronous process is performed, so that the negotiable computers can be freely negotiated. The lack of asynchronous forms of negotiation was also insufficient to apply to real-world problems.

[0004] The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and it is possible to execute a series of procedures of proposals in negotiations, selection of proposal contents, and notification of acceptance with at least one negotiation partner. In addition, the purpose of the present invention is to establish a method in which the contents of negotiations are maintained even if those negotiations are performed asynchronously, and to provide a computer program configuration method suitable for this method. And

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a resource exchange negotiation system in which at least one consumer computer and at least one supplier computer communicate with each other.
One supplier computer makes a supply plan based on the demand information of at least one customer computer, proposes those plans to at least one customer computer through a computer network, and proposes the contents. Is received.

[0006] The resource exchange negotiation method according to the second configuration of the present invention is characterized in that at least one consumer computer and at least one
Among the supplier computers, one consumer computer makes a procurement plan based on supply information of at least one supplier computer, and compiles these plans through at least one computer via a computer network. To the supplier's computer and receive notification of the acceptance of the proposal.

[0007] In a resource interchange negotiation method according to a third configuration of the present invention, the at least one supplier computer asynchronously executes a proposal to the at least one consumer computer through the computer network. Things.

In the resource negotiation method according to a fourth configuration of the present invention, the at least one consumer computer asynchronously executes a proposal to the at least one supplier computer through the computer network. Things.

In the resource exchange negotiation method according to a fifth aspect of the present invention, the at least one customer computer asynchronously notifies the at least one supplier computer of acceptance or non-acceptance via the computer network. To be executed.

[0010] In a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the resource exchange negotiation method, the at least one supplier computer asynchronously notifies the at least one customer computer of acceptance of the acceptance through the computer network. To be executed.

In the resource negotiation method according to a seventh aspect of the present invention, the at least one customer-side computer that has received a proposal from the at least one supplier-side computer through the computer network is prepared in advance. The proposal to be accepted is selected based on the evaluation method.

In the resource negotiation method according to an eighth aspect of the present invention, the at least one supplier computer which has received a proposal from the at least one consumer computer through the computer network is prepared in advance. This is a method of selecting a proposal to be accepted based on an evaluation method.

[0013] In a ninth aspect of the present invention, in the resource negotiation method according to the ninth aspect, after the at least one supplier computer proposes to the at least one consumer computer through the computer network, A time limit is set when receiving a notification of acceptance or rejection from.

In a tenth aspect of the present invention, in the resource exchange negotiation method, after the at least one customer-side computer proposes to the at least one supplier-side computer through the computer network, A time limit is set when receiving a notification of acceptance or rejection from.

According to an eleventh aspect of the present invention, in the resource exchange negotiation method, the at least one supplier-side computer that has received the notification of whether or not to accept the proposal content to the at least one consumer-side computer may include: This is to update the resource information to be supplied from the computer held by the supplier on the basis of the content.

The resource negotiation method according to a twelfth aspect of the present invention is the resource negotiation method according to the twelfth aspect, wherein the at least one consumer computer having received the notification of the acceptance of the proposal content to the at least one supplier computer has The resource information to be procured by the customer computer is updated based on the content.

[0017]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiment 1 Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a resource accommodation negotiation method according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. In order to execute the resource accommodation negotiation method of the present invention, at least one supplier computer and at least one consumer 2 shows the concept of a computer network composed of side computers.
In FIG. 1, reference numeral 10 denotes a supplier-side computer main body, to which various functional programs for cooperation and storage means are connected. Reference numeral 11 denotes a resource management program having a function of managing resources such as demand and supply, reference numeral 12 denotes a resource storage means for storing the resource, and reference numeral 13 denotes a resource managed by another computer through a computer network. Reference numeral 14 denotes a resource amount collection program having a function of collecting information on the amount. A resource plan is created based on the resource amount stored in the resource amount storage means 12 and the resource amount collected by the resource amount collection program 13. A resource accommodation amount planning program 15 has a function of performing a resource accommodation amount planning program 14.
A resource exchange negotiation program having a function of managing negotiations with a negotiation partner computer connected to the computer network based on the exchange plan drafted by the company and notifying the negotiation result to the resource management program 11. Yes, 16
In order to allow asynchronous negotiations with at least one negotiation partner computer to function in the resource accommodation amount negotiation program, the resource exchange negotiation program accepts the below-labeled accommodation plan from the negotiating or negotiated counterpart computer. Is a storage means for temporarily storing, as a negotiation result notified by the resource accommodation amount negotiation program 15, means for storing an accommodation plan agreed between the supplier computer and the consumer computer. It is.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 2 denotes a configuration of a consumer computer, in which various functional programs for cooperation and storage means are connected. Reference numeral 21 denotes a resource amount management program having the same functions as 11;
23 is a resource amount collecting program having the same function as 13, 13 is a resource amount planning program having the same function as 14, and 25 is a resource amount planning program having the same function as 15. 26 is a negotiation-time negotiation plan storage means, which is the same as 16.
27 is the same agreement accommodation plan storage means as 17. However, in the present embodiment, a mode in which the function programs 23 and 24 do not operate is set. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a processing flow of the supplier-side computer according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of a processing flow of the consumer-side computer according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

Next, the operation of the first embodiment will be described for a case where there are two consumer computers and two supplier computers. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of the initial supply and demand according to the first embodiment of the present invention. Each computer shows the data of resources to be exchanged in negotiations and the transfer unit price as a price index when transferring them. Is shown. As an evaluation method prepared in advance for accepting negotiations, the most advantageous lending plan was selected using the price calculated from the amount and the transfer unit price for the lending plan. As shown in FIG. 4, the resource data includes
In addition to the actual demand and supply amount, a temporary storage amount that enables temporary storage is set. A situation in which the functional program and the storage means shown in FIG. 1 are used at the stage of negotiation based on the initial demand and supply amounts shown in FIG. 4 will be described.

In the first stage of the negotiation, the initial supply and demand as shown in FIG.
And the consumer side computer 4 has a resource amount management program 1
It is assumed that the information is set on the computer network, and is set on the computer network, and the demand amount of the consumer-side computer 3 is set on the resource amount management program 21 but is not released on the computer network. The supplier-side computer 1 and the supplier-side computer 2 collect information on the demand amount of the consumer-side computer 4 by the resource amount collection program 13 according to the processing flow of FIG.
2. A supply plan based on the amount of resources stored in step 2 is prepared by the resource accommodation amount planning program 14, and is proposed to the consumer computer 4 by the resource accommodation negotiation program 15, and the acceptance or rejection from the consumer computer 4 is notified. Wait for. At this time, the supply plan is transmitted to the consumer-side computer 4 by the negotiation-time accommodation plan storage means 16 of the supplier-side computer. FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of the negotiated accommodation plan storage means 16 of the supplier side and the consumer side computers.
26 shows the six supply plans stored at 26.

On the other hand, in accordance with the processing flow shown in FIG. 3, the demand side computer 4 supplies the information stored in the negotiation-time accommodation plan storage means 26 asynchronously with the operation of the supplier side computer 1 and the supplier side computer 2. The plan is taken out, and the supply plan is selected using the evaluation method prepared by the resource negotiation program 25. As a result of selecting a supply plan that is as advantageous as possible, as shown in FIG. 6, the accepted supply plan and the unaccepted supply plan are given “accept” and “cancel” respectively.
Then, the contents stored in the negotiation-time accommodation plan storage means 26 are updated. In the consumer computer 4, the acceptance / rejection result selected by the resource accommodation amount negotiation program 25 is transmitted to the supplier computer 1 and the supplier independently of the operations of the supplier computer 1 and the supplier computer 2. As a method of notifying each of the computers 2, an identifiable label such as “accept” or “cancel” is attached, and a supply plan is stored in the negotiation-time accommodation plan storage means 16 of each of the supplier computer 1 and the supplier computer 2. Store. As a result, the resource negotiation amount program 25 notifies the resource amount management program 21 of the negotiation result.

According to the processing flow of FIG. 2, the supplier-side computer 1 and the supplier-side computer 2 that have been waiting for the notification of the acceptance from the consumer-side computer 4 are asynchronous with the consumer-side computer 4, It is checked whether the supply plan labeled from the consumer computer 4 is stored in the negotiation-time accommodation plan storage means 16. However, since the notification of acceptance or rejection of the consumer-side computer 4 is not always given, when receiving the notification of acceptance or rejection, the supplier-side computer 1 and the supplier-side computer 2 each set a certain time upper limit. In addition, in each case, when the notification of the acceptance is not made by the consumer side computer 4 because of exceeding the upper limit, the label of the corresponding supply plan is labeled as “pending”.

As a result, the resource negotiation program 15
Informs the resource management program 11 of the negotiation result. When the consumer computer 4 notifies the acceptability of the supply plan according to FIG. 6, the supplier computer 1, the supplier computer 2, and the consumer computer 4 execute the respective resource amount management programs 11 As shown in FIG. 7, the supply amount and the demand amount are updated and stored in the resource amount storage means 12 and 22, respectively. At the same time, the acceptability result of the supply plan labeled "accept" or "cancel" is stored in the respective agreement accommodation plan storage means 17 and 27. In the second stage, the supplier computer 1 and the supplier computer 2 operate according to the processing flow of FIG. 2 again, but the contents stored in the agreement accommodation plan storage means 17 are not updated by negotiation. As described above, the process ends as the negotiation method.

Next, as another situation of the second stage, a case where the demand amount of the consumer side computer 3 set by the resource amount management program 11 is disclosed on the computer network will be described. When the supplier-side computer 1 and the supplier-side computer 2 operate according to the processing flow of FIG. 2, a supply plan as shown in FIG. When this supply plan is proposed to the consumer-side computer 3 and an acceptance notification is sent from the consumer-side computer 3 to the supplier-side computer 1, the supplier-side computer 1, the supplier-side computer 2, the consumer-side computer 3, and In the consumer side computer 4, the respective resource amount management programs 11 and 2
1, the supply amount and the demand amount are updated as shown in FIG. At the same time, the respective agreement accommodation plan storage means 17 and 2
7 stores a supply plan labeled “accepted”.
At the next stage, the supplier-side computer 1 and the supplier-side computer 2 operate according to the processing flow of FIG. 2 again. As described above, the process ends as the negotiation method.

Further, as another situation of the first stage, while receiving the proposal of the supply plan from the supplier-side computer 1 and the supplier-side computer 2, the demand-side computer 4 selects the supply plan.
Is not executed, or the acceptance / rejection notice 44 is not executed, or the acceptance / rejection notice 44 is issued beyond the upper limit in time when receiving the acceptance / rejection notice of at least one of the supplier computer 1 and the supplier computer 2. There are cases. In any of these cases, the supply plan without the label "accepted" or "canceled" is labeled "pending" and the process of FIG. 2 is continued. The update of the supply amount by the resource amount management program 11 is executed by regarding the supply plan labeled “pending” as the same as the supply plan labeled “accepted”. However, the agreement accommodation plan storage means 1
7 is not changed. By such processing,
Consistency is maintained in the negotiation contents of the asynchronous negotiation through the acceptance acceptance / rejection notification between the supply-side computer and the demand-side computer using the negotiation-time accommodation plan storage means. If the storage contents of the agreement accommodation plan storage means 17 and 27 are not updated by negotiation, the process is terminated as a negotiation method.

Embodiment 2 In the above embodiment, a mode in which the function programs 23 and 24 do not operate is set in FIG.
Instead, the function programs 13 and 14 may be in a mode in which they do not operate. In this case, “supply” and “demand” in Embodiment 1 may be replaced with “demand” and “supply”, respectively.

[0027]

According to the resource exchange negotiation method according to the first or second configuration of the present invention, the supplier computer or the consumer computer uses the supply plan or the supply plan based on the demand information or the supply information of the other computer. Since the procurement plan is prepared, a plan having a high possibility of acceptance can be proposed, and the mutual benefit of the supplier computer and the consumer computer can be increased.

According to the resource interchange negotiation method according to the third to sixth configurations of the present invention, since the proposal of the plan or the notification of the acceptance or non-approval is executed asynchronously, each of the computers on the supplier side or on the consumer side can execute the system. Without being bound by the progress of the overall negotiation, negotiations can proceed at independent timings that are advantageous for each interest, and each computer can independently increase each interest.

According to the resource interchange negotiation method according to the seventh or eighth configuration of the present invention, each computer on the supplier side or on the consumer side accepts based on an independent evaluation method advantageous for each profit. Since the proposal can be selected, each computer can select an advantageous proposal according to its own situation, and each computer can independently increase its profit.

According to the resource interchange negotiation method according to the ninth or tenth configuration of the present invention, each computer on the supply side or the consumer side can execute the result of the negotiation within a finite time, so that the system The stagnation of the progress of the overall negotiations can be prevented.

According to the resource interchange negotiation method according to the eleventh or twelfth configuration of the present invention, each of the computers on the supply side or the consumer side will supply or procure thereafter based on the notification of acceptance or rejection of the proposal. Since the resource information is updated, consistency of supply or procurement based on negotiations can be maintained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a resource accommodation negotiation method according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a processing flow of a supplier computer according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of a processing flow of a consumer-side computer according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of an initial supply and demand according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of an example of a supply plan in a first stage of negotiation according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of a labeled supply plan example in a first stage of negotiation according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of an example of an agreement accommodation plan in a first stage of negotiation according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of a new agreement accommodation plan in the second stage of negotiation according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of an example of an agreement accommodation plan at the end of negotiations according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a conceptual diagram of a conventional resource even distribution method.

[Explanation of symbols]

1, 2 Supplier's computer, 3, 4 Consumer's computer, 1
0 Supplier side computer, 20 Consumer side computer,
11, 21 resource amount management program, 12, 22 resource amount storage means, 13, 23 resource amount collection program, 1
4,24 Resource accommodation planning program, 15,25 Resource accommodation negotiation program, 16,26 Negotiation accommodation plan storage means, 17,27 Agreement accommodation plan storage means, 33
Planning of supply plan, 43 Selection of supply plan, 44 Notification of acceptance or rejection.

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Atsushi Hagiwara 4-1 Egasaki-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa Pref.

Claims (12)

[Claims] 1. A method according to claim 1, wherein at least one customer-side computer and at least one supplier-side computer have one supplier-side computer based on demand information of at least one customer-side computer. A resource negotiation method in which a supply plan is drafted, the plans are proposed to at least one consumer computer through a computer network, and a notification of whether or not the proposal is accepted is received. 2. A method according to claim 1, wherein the at least one consumer-side computer and the at least one supplier-side computer use one supply-side computer based on supply information of at least one supply-side computer. A resource negotiation method in which a procurement plan is drafted, the plan is proposed to at least one supplier computer through a computer network, and a notification of acceptance of the proposal content is received. 3. The at least one supplier computer communicates with the at least one supplier computer through the computer network.
2. The resource interchange negotiation method according to claim 1, wherein the proposal to the two consumer computers is executed asynchronously. 4. The at least one consumer-side computer communicates with the at least one consumer computer through the computer network.
3. The resource interchange negotiation method according to claim 2, wherein the proposals to the two supplier computers are executed asynchronously. 5. The at least one consumer computer, wherein the at least one consumer computer is connected to the at least one consumer computer through the computer network.
2. The resource interchange negotiation method according to claim 1, wherein the notification of acceptance or rejection to one of the supplier computers is executed asynchronously. 6. The at least one supplier computer communicates with the at least one supplier computer through the computer network.
3. The resource interchange negotiation method according to claim 2, wherein the notification of acceptability to the demand side computers is executed asynchronously. 7. The at least one consumer-side computer that receives a proposal from the at least one supplier-side computer through the computer network, selects a proposal to be accepted based on an evaluation method prepared in advance. The resource accommodation negotiation method according to claim 1, wherein: 8. The at least one supplier computer, which receives a proposal from the at least one consumer computer through the computer network, selects a proposal to be accepted based on an evaluation method prepared in advance. 3. The resource accommodation negotiation method according to claim 2, wherein: 9. The at least one supplier computer communicates with the at least one supplier computer through the computer network.
2. The resource interchange negotiation method according to claim 1, wherein a time upper limit is set when a notification of acceptance or rejection is received from the consumer side computer after the proposal to the customer side computers. 10. The at least one consumer computer communicates with the at least one consumer computer through the computer network.
3. The resource interchange negotiation method according to claim 2, wherein a time upper limit is set when a notification of acceptance or rejection is received from the supplier computer after the proposal to the two supplier computers. 11. The at least one supplier-side computer, which has received the notification of the acceptance of the proposal content to the at least one consumer-side computer, intends to supply the supplier-side computer holding based on the acceptance content. The resource interchange negotiation method according to claim 1, wherein the resource information to be updated is updated. 12. The at least one consumer-side computer, which has received the notification of acceptance of the proposal content to the at least one supplier-side computer, intends to procure the customer-side computer holding based on the acceptance content. 3. The resource interchange negotiation method according to claim 2, wherein the resource information to be updated is updated.