Learning from the Metaheuristics: Protocols for Automated Negotiations

• Published in: Group decision and negotiation Vol. 24; no. 2; pp. 299 - 332
• Main Authors: Lang, Fabian, Fink, Andreas
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.03.2015; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Algorithms; Automation; Bargaining; Biological and Physical Anthropology; Business and Management; Commodities; Contract negotiations; Decision analysis; Decision making; Heuristic; Heuristics; Imperfect information; Learning; Management decisions; Negotiations; Protocol; Software; Strategic planning; Studies; Utility functions; Germany; Automated negotiation; Negotiation protocol; Complex contracts; Mechanism design

Nowadays, enterprises are more and more interconnected such that operational planning has to consider the different interests of the involved organizations. This may be a challenging and complex task as it is subject to strategic interactions and incomplete information. Automated negotiation by soft...