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 …

Interaction control presents opportunities for contact robots physically interacting with their
human user, such as assistance targeted to each human user, communication of goals to …

Problems of cooperation--in which agents seek ways to jointly improve their welfare--are
ubiquitous and important. They can be found at scales ranging from our daily routines--such …

The efficiency of automated multi-issue negotiation depends on the availability and quality of
knowledge about an opponent. We present a generic framework based on Bayesian …

With an increasing number of applications in the context of multi-agent systems, automated
negotiation is a rapidly growing area. Written by top researchers in the field, this state-of-the …

The effective use of services to compose business processes in services computing
demands that the Quality of Services (QoS) meet consumers' expectations. Automated web …

Negotiation is a complex process. The decision making involved in several stages of
negotiation makes its automation complex. In this paper we present a lifecycle model of a …

We present a novel negotiation model that allows an agent to learn how to negotiate during
concurrent bilateral negotiations in unknown and dynamic e-markets. The agent uses an …

Negotiation of service level agreements (SLAs) is very important for maintaining quality of
service (QoS) of composite Web services-based business processes. The process of …

Automated negotiation among self-interested autonomous agents has gained tremendous
attention due to the diversity of its broad range of potential real-world applications. This …