Abstract
The ANTE framework encompasses results of research efforts on three main agreement technology concepts, namely negotiation, normative environments and computational trust. ANTE has been conceived as a general framework with a wide range of applications in mind. This chapter provides an overview of the main guidelines of this project, and explores two application domains for this framework: automated B2B electronic contracting, and disruption management in the context of an airline company operational control.
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Agreement Negotiation in Normative and Trust-enabled Environments.
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Multi-Agent System for DIsruption MAnagement.
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This research is supported by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT), under project PTDC/EIA-EIA/104420/2008, and by QREN under project RESPLAN. The authors would also like to thank Pedro Brandão for his work on the implementation of the ANTE prototype.
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Cardoso, H.L., Urbano, J., Rocha, A.P., Castro, A.J.M., Oliveira, E. (2013). ANTE: Agreement Negotiation in Normative and Trust-Enabled Environments. In: Ossowski, S. (eds) Agreement Technologies. Law, Governance and Technology Series, vol 8. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5583-3_32
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