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Negotiation strategies for autonomous computational agents

Fernando Lopes, Nuno Mamede, Augusto Q. Novais, Hélder Coelho

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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.

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Key concepts: Negotiation, Computer science, Autonomous agent, Set (abstract data type), Process (computing), Multi-agent system, Distributed computing, Human–computer interaction