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Abstract.
The article solves the problem of balancing labor resources in the project portfolio using a multi-agent approach. Each project is modeled as an autonomous agent operating on the basis of the BDI paradigm, which allows its local limitations and preferences to be taken into account when making decisions. The main goal of agents is to minimize their own and total time and labor costs of the portfolio by redistributing resources. Algorithms for balancing resources are proposed, including evaluating the usefulness of resource exchange between agents, stochastic generation of project start times, and the construction of Pareto-optimal fronts based on time and labor criteria. Experiments on the data of five projects have shown that the proposed approach reduces the duration of the portfolio by 7.7%, and labor costs by 9.2%. The results demonstrate that a multi-agent approach to this task ensures lower portfolio implementation rates compared to centralized planning and balanced resource utilization.
Keywords:
project portfolio management, multi-agent systems, BDI paradigm, resource balancing, Pareto optimization, stochastic generation.
DOI 10.14357/20718632260113
EDN UXXMRK
PP. 145-153.
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