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"In this book, Sarit Kraus gives a comprehensive overview of more than a decade of world-class research in automated negotiation. Rigorous, detailed, and illustrated by many practical examples, this book should be on the shelf of everyone who wants to really understand what agents and negotiation are all about." --Michael Wooldridge, Department of Computer Science, University of Liverpool
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As computers advance from isolated workstations to linked elements in complex communities of systems and people, cooperation and coordination via intelligent agents become increasingly important. Examples of such communities include the Internet, electronic commerce, health institutions, electricity networks, and digital libraries. Sarit Kraus is concerned here with the cooperation and coordination of intelligent agents that are self-interested and usually owned by different individuals or organizations. Conflicts frequently arise, and negotiation is one of the main mechanisms for reaching agreement. Kraus presents a strategic-negotiation model that enables autonomous agents to reach mutually beneficial agreements efficiently in complex environments. The model, which integrates game theory, economic techniques, and heuristic methods of artificial intelligence, can be automated in computer systems or applied to human situations. The book provides both theoretical and experimental results.
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