Towards the Automation of E-Negotiation Processes Based on Web Services - A Modeling Approach

Abstract. E-Negotiation is the process of conducting negotiations between business partners using electronic means. The interest in e-negotiation is motivated by its potential to provide business partners with more efficient processes, enabling them to draft better contracts in less time. Most of today’s e-marketplaces support some form of enegotiation. Numerous attempts are being made to design e-marketplaces that support more than one negotiation protocol. The main problem in designing these e-marketplaces is the lack of a systematic approach. In our view, the e-marketplace enforces negotiation protocols and therefore should make them available for consultation by humans and for automation by software agents. Separating the protocols from the e-negotiation media is a step towards a configurable e-marketplace. In this paper we address the requirements for modeling e-negotiation protocols. Then we adopt the Statechart formalism as a modeling language and provide descriptions of fiv...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2005
• Where: WISE
• Authors: Stefanie Rinderle, Morad Benyoucef
• Keywords: Business Partners, E-negotiation Protocols, Internet Technology, Negotiation Protocols, WISE 2005