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Title

On fuzzy e-negotiation agents: autonomous negotiation with incomplete and imprecise information

Author(s)

Kowalczyk, Ryszard;  Bui, Van

Abstract

The paper presents some aspects of the customable Fuzzy e-Negotiation Agents (FeNAs) system for autonomous multi-issue negotiation in the presence of limited common knowledge and imprecise/soft constraints and preferences. The FeNAs use the principles of utility theory and fuzzy constraint based reasoning in order to find a consensus that maximizes the agent's utility at the highest possible level of fuzzy constraint satisfaction subject to its acceptability by other agents. A scenario for negotiating document translation services is used to illustrate FeNAs' capabilities for multi-issue integrative negotiation.

Publication type

Conference paper

Source

Proceedings of the 11th International Workshop on Database and Expert Systems Applications (DEX'00), London, United Kingdom, 06-08 September 2000 / A Min Tjoa, Roland R. Wagner, and Ala Al-Zobaidie (eds.), pp. 1034-1038

Publication year

2000

Keyword(s)

Autonomous multi-issue negotiation;  Autonomous negotiation;  Constraint handling;  Document translation services;  e-commerce;  Electronic commerce;  FeNAs;  Fuzzy e-negotiation agents;  Fuzzy constraint based reasoning;  Fuzzy constraint satisfaction;  Fuzzy set theory;  Imprecise information;  Imprecise/soft constraints;  Inference mechanisms;  Internet;  Internet based systems;  Limited common knowledge;  Multi-issue integrative negotiation;  Negotiation support systems;  Software agents;  Utility theory

Publisher

IEEE

ISSN

1529-4188 (series ISSN)

ISBN

9780769506807, 0769506801

Publisher URL

http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/DEXA.2000.875154

Copyright

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