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Automated negotiation based on agents can maximize the payoffs of the whole system and include every agent in the negotiation. When agents negotiate automatically with one another, they must share a formal protocol, specifying what possible actions. But the key issue is lack of formal protocol in automated negotiation. After a survey of multi-agents and some automated negotiation protocols, we represent a formal protocol model for Automated Negotiation based on FIPA Specification. This protocol, with formal and intuitive semantics, can be used in automated negotiation system where agents come from different organizations can interact with each others if they follow the same protocol.
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Liu, K. (2013). Study of Protocol in Automated Negotiation. In: Yang, Y., Ma, M. (eds) Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Green Communications and Networks 2012 (GCN 2012): Volume 4. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 226. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35440-3_24
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