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Curious Negotiator

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Cooperative Information Agents VI (CIA 2002)

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In negotiation the exchange of information is as important as the exchange of offers. The curious negotiator is a multiagent system with three types of agents. Two negotiation agents, each representing an individual, develop consecutive offers, supported by information, whilst requesting information from its opponent. A mediator agent, with experience of prior negotiations, suggests how the negotiation may develop. A failed negotiation is a missed opportunity. An observer agent analyses failures looking for new opportunities. The integration of negotiation theory and data mining enables the curious negotiator to discover and exploit negotiation opportunities. Trials will be conducted in electronic business.

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  1. Faculty of IT, University of Technology, Sydney

    Simeon Simoff & John Debenham

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  1. German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence, DFKI GmbH, Stuhlsatzenhausweg 3, 66123, Saarbrücken, Germany

    Matthias Klusch

  2. School of Engineering (ESCET), University Rey Juan Carlos, Campus de Mostoles, Calle Tulipan s/n, 28933, Madrid, Spain

    Sascha Ossowski

  3. IBM - Haifa Research Labs, Haifa University, Mount Carmel, 31905, Haifa, Israel

    Onn Shehory

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Simoff, S., Debenham, J. (2002). Curious Negotiator. In: Klusch, M., Ossowski, S., Shehory, O. (eds) Cooperative Information Agents VI. CIA 2002. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 2446. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45741-0_10

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