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Title:
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A FRAMEWORK FOR AUTOMATED NEGOTIATION: PRELIMINARY REPORT |
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Author(s):
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Fernando Lopes , A. Q. Novais , Helder Coelho |
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ISBN:
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978-972-8924-60-7 |
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Editors:
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António Palma dos Reis |
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Year:
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2008 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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Multi-agent systems, autonomous agents, automated negotiation, game theory, bargaining, efficiency |
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Type:
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Full Paper |
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First Page:
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29 |
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Last Page:
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36 |
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Language:
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English |
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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Autonomous agents with negotiation competence are becoming increasingly important and pervasive. This paper presents
a generic framework for automated negotiation: it addresses a number of activities that negotiators often perform before
starting to negotiate, describes equilibrium strategies for the bargaining game of alternating offers, and formalizes
important strategies used by human negotiators. The design of autonomous negotiating agents involves the consideration
of insights from multiple relevant research areas to integrate different perspectives on negotiation. Thus, the paper uses
both game-theoretic techniques and methods from the social sciences as a basis to develop autonomous negotiating
agents. The agents are currently being developed using Jade. They are able to negotiate under both complete and
incomplete information, thereby making them very compelling for automated negotiation. |
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