Argumentation-based negotiation
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Author(s)
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Negotiation is essential in settings where autonomous agents have con- flicting interests and a desire to cooperate. For this reason, mechanisms in which agents exchange potential agreements according to various rules of interaction have become very popular in recent years as evident, for example, in the auction and mechanism design community. However, a growing body of research is now emerging which points out limitations in such mechanisms and advocates the idea that agents can increase the likelihood and quality of an agreement by exchanging arguments which in- fluence each others? states. This community further argues that argument exchange is sometimes essential when various assumptions about agent rationality cannot be satisfied. To this end, in this article, we identify the main research motivations and ambitions behind work in the field. We then provide a conceptual framework through which we outline the core elements and features required by agents engaged in argumentation-based negotiation, as well as the environment that hosts these agents. For each of these elements, we survey and evaluate existing proposed techniques in the literature and highlight the major challenges that need to be addressed if argument-based negotiation research is to reach its full potential.
Date Issued
2003
Citation
The Knowledge Engineering Review, 2003, 18, pp.343-375
Start Page
343
End Page
375
Journal / Book Title
The Knowledge Engineering Review
Volume
18
Identifier
http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/258850/
Subjects
Science & Technology
Technology
Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Computer Science
COMPUTER SCIENCE, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
AGENT COMMUNICATION LANGUAGES
MULTIAGENT SYSTEMS
ELECTRONIC COMMERCE
DECISION-MAKING
MODEL
LOGIC
INFORMATION
FRAMEWORK
DESIGN
FUZZY
Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing
0801 Artificial Intelligence And Image Processing
1702 Cognitive Science
Article Number
4