A design is presented for a negotiating agent that can construct coherent joint plans with human or artificial agents. In negotiation there is always a trade-off between plan quality and dialogue length. In dynamic conditions and with human partners, length becomes critical. The approach to efficient negotiation is to use an acquaintance model that predicts which plans will be acceptable. The n...

In this work we compare drift detection techniques and we show how they can improve the performance of trade agents in multi-issue bilateral dynamic negotiations. In a dynamic negotiation the utility values and functions of trade agents can change on the fly. Intelligent trade agents must identify and take such drift in the competitors into account changing also the offer policies to improve th...

AbstractThis paper examines the impasse in the current Doha Development Round negotiations andasks how the rules of the WTO could be changed to facilitate multilateral negotiations andto increase the welfare of the Member countries. It considers possible changes to the methodof negotiation. As examples of rules which are outdated, it considers the rules relating toregional trade agreements and ...

The primary goal of any economic policy in the production front is, as far as possible to enhance the degree of sectoral interrelatedness (henceforh SI) within the home economy. The focal objective of such policy is not only to increase the sectoral value added of the economy but also to improve the position of the trade balance in the commodity trade front. Iran, being characterized a sole mon...

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While Information Technology has been used to support negotiation there is little research in the domain of knowledge management in legal negotiation. In this paper we discuss the nature of negotiation knowledge and how such knowledge can be utilized to construct negotiation decision support systems. We conduct an in-depth examination of the notion of a BATNA (Best Alternative to a Negotiated A...

Electronic negotiation support aims at enabling complex trade interactions through means of information technology. Present research in electronic negotiation support is limited to a large extent to the analytical decision support view. There is a lack of empirical evidence on the acceptance of the different types of support in the negotiation support portfolio and their value contribution. In ...

Automated negotiation offers new capability for buyers and sellers to efficiently trade goods and services in online markets. In high-dimensional real world negotiations, many agents may communicate with each other over multi-issue products. In this paper, we review soft-computing techniques used in e-negotiation. Although implementation of real world negotiations is very hard but using soft co...

Trade policy barriers are only one element of the overall trade costs. Due to the decrease in the influence of tariff barriers on trade, institutional barriers may be increasing in relative importance. In this line, this paper compares and quantifies the impact that a number of institutional and policy trade barriers have on bilateral trade flows. Results indicate that institutional trade barri...