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A Multi-criteria Protocol for Multi-agent Negotiations

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Methods and Applications of Artificial Intelligence (SETN 2004)

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Negotiation processes are often characterized by conflicts of interests of the negotiating parts. However, it is possible to mitigate these conflicts, if we support the negotiation process with a well-structured model. This area of interest has large occupied the scientists of Group Decision Support Systems (GDSS) and particularly those who focus on the Negotiation Support Systems (NSS). In this paper, we propose an experimental multi-criteria prototype negotiation protocol which allows agents to follow a process, in order to end up with an optimal decision. The proposed model is able to estimate agents’ preferences and suggest a convenient solution.

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  1. Technical University of Crete, Decision Support Systems Laboratory, University Campus, 73100, Chania, Greece

    Nikolaos F. Matsatsinis & Pavlos Delias

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  1. Info and Communication Systems Eng, Aegean University, 83200, Karlovassi, Samos, Greece

    George A. Vouros

  2. Department of Informatics, University of Piraeus, Piraeus, Greece

    Themistoklis Panayiotopoulos

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Matsatsinis, N.F., Delias, P. (2004). A Multi-criteria Protocol for Multi-agent Negotiations. In: Vouros, G.A., Panayiotopoulos, T. (eds) Methods and Applications of Artificial Intelligence. SETN 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 3025. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-24674-9_12

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