A negotiation model for autonomous agents: key features and comparison with existing models

This paper presents the key features of a new negotiation model for autonomous agents. The model is generic, handles multi-party and multi-issue negotiation, acknowledges the role of conflict as a driving force of negotiation, formalizes a set of human negotiation procedures, allows the dynamic addition and removal of issues, and accounts for a tight integration of the individual capability of planning and the social capability of negotiation. This paper also characterizes the model along a set of dimensions and compares it with other developed models. Categories and Subject Descriptors I.2.11 [Artificial Intelligence]: Distributed Artificial Intelligence—Intelligent agents, Coherence and co-ordination. General Terms Theory, Algorithms, Design, Experimentation. Keywords Autonomous agents, conflict of interests, negotiation.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2005
• Where: ATAL
• Authors: Fernando Lopes, Augusto Q. Novais, Nuno J. Mamede, Helder Coelho
• Keywords: ATAL 2005, Autonomous Agents, Human Negotiation Procedures, Negotiation