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Topic

  Agent-based Negotiation, Decision Making, Preference Modeling and Reasoning


Abstract

When more than two participants have a conflict of interest, finding a mutual agreement may entail a time consuming process especially when the number of participants is high. Automated negotiation tools can play a key role in providing effective solutions. This paper presents two variants of feedback based multilateral negotiation protocol in which a mediator agent generates bids and negotiating agents give their feedback about those bids. We investigate different types of feedback given to the mediator. The mediator uses agents’ feedback to models each agent’s preferences and accordingly generates well-targeted bids over time rather than arbitrary bids. Furthermore, the paper investigates the performance of the protocols in an experimental setting. Experimental results show that the proposed protocols result in a reasonably good outcome for all agents in a relatively short time.  


Bibtex info
@incollection{aydogan_multilateral_2014,
    address = {Tokyo},
    title = {Multilateral {Mediated} {Negotiation} {Protocols} with {Feedback}},
    isbn = {978-4-431-54758-7},
    url = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-54758-7_3},
    abstract = {When more than two participants have a conflict of interest, finding a mutual agreement may entail a time consuming process especially when the number of participants is high. Automated negotiation tools can play a key role in providing effective solutions. This paper presents two variants of feedback based multilateral negotiation protocol in which a mediator agent generates bids and negotiating agents give their feedback about those bids. We investigate different types of feedback given to the mediator. The mediator uses agents' feedback to models each agent's preferences and accordingly generates well-targeted bids over time rather than arbitrary bids. Furthermore, the paper investigates the performance of the protocols in an experimental setting. Experimental results show that the proposed protocols result in a reasonably good outcome for all agents in a relatively short time.},
    booktitle = {Novel {Insights} in {Agent}-based {Complex} {Automated} {Negotiation}},
    publisher = {Springer Japan},
    author = {Aydoğan, Reyhan and Hindriks, Koen V. and Jonker, Catholijn M.},
    editor = {Marsa-Maestre, Ivan and Lopez-Carmona, Miguel A. and Ito, Takayuki and Zhang, Minjie and Bai, Quan and Fujita, Katsuhide},
    year = {2014},
    doi = {10.1007/978-4-431-54758-7_3},
    pages = {43--59},
}

Authors
Reyhan Aydoğan, Koen V. Hindriks, Catholijn M. Jonker

Keywords - tags
Multilateral negotiation, Protocols, Smart mediators, Preference modelling

Publication type
Book Section

Year
2014