Negotiation strategies for autonomous computational agents
Fernando Lopes, Nuno Mamede, Augusto Q. Novais, Hélder Coelho · European Conference on Artificial Intelligence · 2004
Autonomous agents operate in complex environments and, over time, conflicts inevitably occur among them. Negotiation is the predominant process for resolving conflicts. This paper presents a generic negotiation model for autonomous agents that handles multiparty, multi-issue and repeated rounds. The model is based on computationally tractable assumptions, accounts for a tight integration of the individual capability of planning and the social capability of negotiation, and formalizes a set of human negotiation procedures.