Rational, Robust, and Secure Negotiations in Multi-Agent Systems

by Ito, Takayuki; Hattori, Hiromitsu; Zhang, Minjie; Matsuo, Tokuro

• ISBN13: 9783540762812
• ISBN10: 3540762817
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-06-03
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

This book addresses all aspects of negotiation mechanisms in multi-agent systems, including Multi-Issue Negotiations, Concurrent Negotiations, Strategy-proof Mechanisms, Rational Argumentation, Auctions and Voting, and so on. These issues are being explored by researchers from different communities in Multi-Agent systems. They are, for instance, being studied in agent negotiation, multi-issue negotiations, auctions, mechanism design, electronic commerce, voting, secure protocols, matchmaking brokering, argumentation, and co-operation mechanisms. This workshop will bring together researchers from these communities to learn about each other a (TM)s approaches, form long-term collaborations, and cross-fertilize the different areas to accelerate progress towards scaling up to larger and more realistic applications.

Table of Contents

Theories for Complex Multi-Agent Systems
Negotiation Agents' Decision Making Using Markov Chains	p. 3
A Multi-Issue Negotiation Protocol Among Nonlinear Utility Agents: A Preliminary Report	p. 25
A Decentralized Model for Multi-Attribute Negotiations with Incomplete Information and General Utility Functions	p. 39
A General Model for Pareto Optimal Multi-Attribute Negotiations	p. 59
Cooperation-Based Multilateral Multi-Issue Negotiation for Crisis Management	p. 81
A Fuzzy Logic-Based Approach for Flexible Self-Interested Agent Team Forming	p. 101
Practical Approach for Complex Multi-Agent Systems
A Novel Group Signature Scheme Based on Bilinear Pairings and Gap Diffie-Hellman Group	p. 117
Experimental Evaluation of Possibilistic Mechanism for Negotiation Partners Selection	p. 127
Constructing the Structure of Utility Graphs Used in Multi-Item Negotiation Through Collaborative Filtering of Aggregate Buyer Preferences	p. 147
Asynchronous Constraint-Based Approach: New Solution for any Constraint Problem	p. 169
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