Multiple agents in such shared environments have to trade off goals with others because of resource constraints and goal conflicts. On the other hand, agents can engage in fruitful dialogue by which they can unearth new possibilities and form new productive partnerships. Negotiation is a process by which agents interactively settle on mutually agreeable behaviors to serve common purpose.
Agents negotiate under a variety of information, time, and computational restrictions.
A key research issue in agents and multiagent research is to develop negotiation procedures by which agents can efficiently and effectively negotiate solutions. Effectiveness requires that the outcome is fair, acceptable, or desirable to the parties involved in the negotiation process. All rights reserved.