Abstract:
Negotiation between two trading agents is a two stage process. First,
the agents exchange offers whilst acquiring and exchanging information.
Second, they attempt to reach a mutually satisfactory agreement in the light of
that information. This process aims to reach informed decisions in eMarket
bargaining by integrating the exchange of offers and the acquisition and
exchange of information drawn from the environment. Negotiation proceeds by
a loose alternating offers protocol that is intended to converge when the agents
believe that they are fully informed. The eNegotiation framework is a prototype
for developing agents that can exploit an information-rich environment in oneto-
one negotiation. This work is part of a program that is investigating deeper
issues of market evolution and business network development in an immersive,
virtual worlds eMarket environment.
