On possibilistic case-based reasoning for selecting partners for multi-attribute agent negotiation

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Title: On possibilistic case-based reasoning for selecting partners for multi-attribute agent negotiation
Author(s): Brzostowski, Jakub; Kowalczyk, Ryszard
Abstract: We propose an enhanced mechanism for selecting partners for multi-attribute negotiation. The mechanism employs possibilistic case-based reasoning. The possibility of successful negotiation for each potential partner is predicted on the basis of its behaviour in previous multi-attribute negotiations. The qualitative expected utility for each potential partner is derived and the agents are ordered according to the values of these utilities. The order determines who is more and who is less desirable partner for negotiation. The proposed approach allows choosing the most prospective negotiation partners based on small sample of historical cases of previous interactions even if the previous situations are different from the current one. A simple example of calculations is presented to demonstrate the proposed approach.
Publication type: Conference paper
Research centre: Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies
Source: Proceedings of the 4th International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, 25-29 July 2005, Utrecht, The Netherlands, pp. 273-279
Publication year: 2005
Publisher: Association for Computing Machinery
ISBN: 1 59593 094 9
Publisher URL: http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1082473.1082515
Peer reviewed