An increasing number of computer systems are being viewed in terms of autonomous
agents. There are two main drivers to this trend. Firstly, agents are being advocated as a …

Global communication networks and advances in information technology enable the design
of information systems facilitating effective formulation and efficient resolution of negotiation …

The design of automated negotiators has been the focus of abundant research in recent
years. However, due to difficulties involved in creating generalized agents that can negotiate …

Efficient management of service level agreements which specify mutually-agreed
understandings and expectations of service provision has been a subject of research for a …

Negotiation is an integral part of our daily life and plays an important role in resolving
conflicts and facilitating human interactions. Automated negotiation, which aims at capturing …

This paper presents a new model for multi-issue negotiation under time constraints in an
incomplete information setting. In this model the order in which issues are bargained over …

Research in the domain of electronic negotiations is a rather new and very interdisciplinary
field, which gains more and more attention due to the industry hype and momentum …

We propose a dialogue game protocol for purchase negotiation dialogues which identifies
appropriate speech acts, defines constraints on their utterances, and specifies the different …

Techniques are described for facilitating interactions between computing systems, such as
by performing transactions between parties that are automatically authorized via a third …

U~ S_ PATENT DOCUMENTS ated reference token. After one or more of the parties to a
potential transaction supply reference tokens for the parties, 4,658,093 A 4/1987 Hellman …