Recent years have seen an increasing interest in Demand Response (DR) as a means to
provide flexibility, and hence improve the reliability of energy systems in a cost-effective way …

A negotiation between agents is typically an incomplete information game, where the agents
initially do not know their opponent's preferences or strategy. This poses a challenge, as …

E-commerce and the use of social media, particularly Twitter, both grew rapidly during the
COVID-19 period. Companies may significantly benefit from social media management …

This paper presents a new model for multi-issue negotiation under time constraints in an
incomplete information setting. The issues to be bargained over can be associated with a …

Electronic marketplaces (EMPs) are widely assumed to increase price transparency and
hence lower product prices. Results of empirical studies have been mixed, with several …

Internet of Things (IoT) allows connected objects to communicate via the Internet. IoT can
benefit from the unlimited capabilities and resources of cloud computing. Also, when …

Assessment of future socio-ecological consequences of land-use policies is useful for
supporting decisions about what and where to invest for the best overall environmental and …

Automated negotiation systems with software agents representing individuals or
organizations and capable of reaching agreements through negotiation are becoming …

This paper studies bilateral multi-issue negotiation between self-interested autonomous
agents. Now, there are a number of different procedures that can be used for this process; …

Automated negotiation plays an important role in dynamic trading in e-commerce. Its
research largely focuses on negotiation protocol and strategy design. There is a paucity of …