The paper discusses the integration of currently commercially available techniques and supporting tools for constructing a specialized groupware application namely a distributed negotiation support system. It presents the different aspects of the integration methods and analyzes the actual design of a DIstributed NEgotiation Support Shell (DINE). The DINE model supports simultaneous, multiple i...

We view a group problem as a resource allocation problem among involved parties, ana’ negotiation as the members’ act to protect, or better yet, to gain additional resources for themselves. Group members gather together to achieve a common goal. Yet, they are also stakeholders seeking to defend their own interest as well. As such, negotiation can be seen as an effort of all parties seeking to e...

In the paper we developed a multi-agent system, based on network flow model and KQML, called MASCAN—Multi-Agent System to support negotiation of Cost Allocation on Network. Such problem is very important to the utility industries, such as, electricity and gas, transportation and logistics industry. In our system, each agent represents a node in a network, it does not receive any centralized con...

A framework for an autonomous negotiation control protocol for service delivery is crucial to enable the support of heterogeneous service level agreements (SLAs) that will exist in distributed environments. We have first given a gist of our augmented service negotiation protocol to support distinct service elements. The augmentations also encompass related composition of the services and negoti...

Negotiation support systems (NSS) cover a wide range of individual and group decision support technologies. Many NSS have been developed and used in training and research but they have been rarely used in practice. Among notable exceptions one can list the simulation system used in the deep sea negotiation (Sebenius 1984; Nyhart and Goeltner 1987), and the RAINS system used in EU transboundary ...

In today’s business environment, the use of web services technology is becoming more popular. This growth has been met with an increase of security related attacks, which has caused web services providers to adopt stricter security policies. As not all web service consumers can implement the security requirements of web services providers, they may turn to use the services of other providers. I...

INSPIRE is a web-based negotiation support system that has been used for the last three years for negotiation training and research. It has also been used in teaching written communication skills. In this paper we discuss implications of using the system in teaching English as a Second Language and English for Academic Purposes in multilingual classes and points out the benefits that this new t...

Abstract Organisations are involved in various types of negotiation. As digitalisation advances, such business negotiations to a large extent electronic negotiations. Consequently, dedicated training for is important mastering negotiation skills. We designed gamified system used e-negotiation increase participants’ motivation, engagement, use the system’s support features and improve their deci...