Probabilistic reasoning in intelligent systems: networks of plausible inference
Probabilistic reasoning in intelligent systems: networks of plausible inference
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AGENTS '97 Proceedings of the first international conference on Autonomous agents
Integrating communicative action, conversations and decision theory to coordinate agents
AGENTS '97 Proceedings of the first international conference on Autonomous agents
Agents that work in harmony by knowing and fulfilling their obligations
AAAI '98/IAAI '98 Proceedings of the fifteenth national/tenth conference on Artificial intelligence/Innovative applications of artificial intelligence
Using Similarity Criteria to Make Negotiation Trade-Offs
ICMAS '00 Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on MultiAgent Systems (ICMAS-2000)
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The Knowledge Engineering Review
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IICS '02 Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Innovative Internet Computing Systems
Encoding PAMR into (Timed) EFSMs
FORTE '02 Proceedings of the 22nd IFIP WG 6.1 International Conference Houston on Formal Techniques for Networked and Distributed Systems
A Software Infrastructure for Negotiation within Inter-organisational Alliances
AAMAS '02 Revised Papers from the Workshop on Agent Mediated Electronic Commerce on Agent-Mediated Electronic Commerce IV, Designing Mechanisms and Systems
Preliminary Result on Secure Protocols for Multiple Issue Negotiation Problems
PRIMA '08 Proceedings of the 11th Pacific Rim International Conference on Multi-Agents: Intelligent Agents and Multi-Agent Systems
Automated Sealed-Bid Negotiation Model for Multi-issue Based on Fuzzy Method
ISNN 2009 Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Neural Networks: Advances in Neural Networks - Part II
Improving multi-agent negotiations using multi-objective PSO algorithm
KES-AMSTA'10 Proceedings of the 4th KES international conference on Agent and multi-agent systems: technologies and applications, Part I
Multiagent and Grid Systems - Advances in Agent-mediated Automated Negotiations
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CIA'06 Proceedings of the 10th international conference on Cooperative Information Agents
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AI'11 Proceedings of the 24th international conference on Advances in Artificial Intelligence
KEMNAD: A Knowledge Engineering Methodology For Negotiating Agent Development
Computational Intelligence
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Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Electronic Commerce
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We present a generic negotiation architecture that uses Multiattribute Utility Theory (MAUT) principles to reach agreements that satisfy multiple interdependent objectives. The architecture is built by giving a constraint optimization formulation to theMAUT principles and by using a constraint optimization solver to find the best 'deals' from an agent's local perspective. These are then proposed to other agents via a second component that supports conversational interactions among agents. When received proposals are disjoint from what an agent can currently accept, we provide a systematic constraint relaxation protocol that allows agents to generate the next acceptable 'deal'. This protocol ensures that in the end the Pareto optimal deal will be found, if one exists. The approach is built on top of our Negotiation Engine, a generic architecture for coordination and negotiation that integrates local reasoning, in the form of propositional constraint optimization, with interaction, in the form of conversational exchanges. The system is fully operational, being currently used to automate negotiations in the electronic components domain.