IEPHCN (268362)

  https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/268362

  FP7 (2007-2013)

  Information Exchange Policies for Human-Computer Negotiation

  Marie Curie Action: "Reintegration Grants" (FP7-PEOPLE-2009-RG)

 

  2010-10-01 Start Date (YY-MM-DD)

  2014-09-30 End Date (YY-MM-DD)

  € 100,000 Total Cost

  Description

This proposal addresses problems central to the design of computer agents that can negotiate proficiently with people in strategic settings. Due to advancing technology heterogeneous groups that include both people and computer agents making decisions together are becoming prevalent. Despite the numerous benefits of computer-aided negotiation, the design of agents that negotiate with people has received less attention than the design of agents for multi-agent settings that comprise solely computer agents. This proposal focuses on computational strategies for information exchange that can facilitate human-computer negotiation by allowing people to change their positions. The research program will consist of settings that vary in complexity across multiple dimensions, including the expressiveness of the argumentation protocol, the availability of information about participants' preferences and goals, the extent to which participants can renege on past commitments during the negotiation, and the number of rounds of negotiation. For each of these settings, I will develop computational strategies by using a variety of theories and algorithms. I will compare the performances of agents using these different strategies and their effect on people's behavior. The empirical studies will be directed at determining the factors that influence people's negotiation behavior and at testing the performance of different agent strategies.

  Complicit Organisations

1 Israeli organisation participates in IEPHCN.