Simulation of Automated Negotiation [electronic resource].
Filzmoser, Michael.
 : Springer,
2010.
Automated negotiation might improve negotiation outcomes in e-commerce and allow the coordination of agents in autonomous systems. However, as operative systems do not yet exist, research relies on simulation to evaluate potential system configurations in realistically complex scenarios. This book reviews the latest literature on the simulation of automated negotiation and addresses identified deficiencies by offering novel strategies for software agents and alternative interaction protocols. The method of computer simulation is discussed, with a focus on its specific applications in the domai
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""Title Page ""; ""Copyright Page ""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Table of Contents ""; ""Acronyms""; ""Chapter 1 Introduction ""; ""1.1 Importance of negotiation""; ""1.2 Development of negotiation research""; ""1.3 Contributions of automated negotiation""; ""1.3.1 Automated negotiation in electronic business""; ""1.3.2 Automated negotiation in autonomous systems""; ""1.4 Research question and method""; ""1.5 Structure""; ""Chapter 2 Simulation ""; ""2.1 Simulation process""; ""2.2 System""; ""2.3 Modeling and validation""; ""2.3.1 Data validity""; ""2.3.2 Conceptual validation""
""2.3.3 Operational validation""""2.4 Conceptual model""; ""2.5 Implementation and verification""; ""2.6 Simulation program""; ""2.6.1 Time advance in discrete-time simulation""; ""2.6.1.1 Time-slicing approach""; ""2.6.1.2 Next-event approach""; ""2.6.2 Programming styles""; ""2.6.2.1 Event scheduling approach""; ""2.6.2.2 Activity scanning approach""; ""2.6.2.3 Process interaction approach""; ""2.7 Experimentation""; ""2.7.1 Simulation output""; ""2.7.2 Experimental design""; ""2.7.3 Sensitivity analysis""; ""Chapter 3 Automated Negotiation ""
""3.1 Current achievements in simulation of automated negotiation""""3.1.1 Negotiation problem""; ""3.1.1.1 Number of issues""; ""3.1.1.2 Set of possible agreements""; ""3.1.1.3 Negotiatorsâ€? preferences""; ""3.1.1.4 The negotiation problem structure""; ""3.1.2 Interaction protocol""; ""3.1.2.1 Chronology of communication""; ""3.1.2.2 Configuration of offers""; ""3.1.2.3 Progression of the negotiation""; ""3.1.2.4 Types of actions""; ""3.1.2.5 Abandonment of negotiations""; ""3.1.3 Decision making algorithms of software agents""; ""3.1.3.1 Evolutionary computing-based strategies""
""3.1.3.2 Imitating strategies""""3.1.3.3 Trade-off strategies""; ""3.1.3.4 Learning-based strategies""; ""3.1.3.5 Time-based strategies""; ""3.1.3.6 Other strategies""; ""3.2 Future challenges""; ""3.2.1 Realistically complex negotiation problems""; ""3.2.2 Alternative decision making algorithms""; ""3.2.3 Flexible interaction protocols""; ""Chapter 4 Conceptual Model ""; ""4.1 Input""; ""4.1.1 Negotiation object â€? the Itex-Cypress case""; ""4.1.2 Data acquisition with Inspire""; ""4.1.3 Preferences""; ""4.2 Automated negotiation system""; ""4.2.1 Interaction protocol""
""4.2.1.1 Initiation""""4.2.1.2 Messages""; ""4.2.1.3 Termination criteria""; ""4.2.1.4 Interaction protocols and negotiation processes""; ""4.2.2 Software agents""; ""4.2.2.1 Initiation and negotiation mode""; ""4.2.2.2 Opening offers""; ""4.2.2.3 Information updating""; ""4.2.2.4 Offer generation strategy""; ""4.2.2.5 Concession strategy""; ""4.2.2.6 Action execution""; ""4.2.2.7 Resulting software agents""; ""4.3 Modeling and validation""; ""4.4 Implementation and verification""; ""Chapter 5 Experimentation ""; ""5.1 Experimental design""; ""5.1.1 Replication""
""5.1.2 Variance reduction""
Automated negotiation might improve negotiation outcomes in e-commerce and allow the coordination of agents in autonomous systems. However, as operative systems do not yet exist, research relies on simulation to evaluate potential system configurations in realistically complex scenarios. This book reviews the latest literature on the simulation of automated negotiation and addresses identified deficiencies by offering novel strategies for software agents and alternative interaction protocols. The method of computer simulation is discussed, with a focus on its specific applications in the domai
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Electronic commerce -- Congresses.
Electronic commerce.
Intelligent agents (Computer software)
Negotiation
Computer simulation
Engineering & Applied Sciences
Computer Science