Abstract
This paper presents a logical framework for negotiation based on belief revision theory. We consider that a negotiation process is a course or multiple courses of mutual belief revision. A set of AGM-style postulates are proposed to capture the rationality of competitive and cooperative behaviors of negotiation. We first show that the AGM revision and its iterated extension is a special case of negotiation function. Then we show that a negotiation function can be constructed by two related iterated belief revision functions under a certain coordination mechanism. This provides a qualitative method for constructing negotiation space and rational concessions. It also shows a glimpse of how to express game-theoretical concepts in logical framework.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings : Nineteenth National Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-04) : Sixteenth Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence Conference (IAAI-04) |
| Publisher | AAAI Press ; MIT Press |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780262511834 |
| ISBN (Print) | 0262511835 |
| Publication status | Published - 2004 |
| Event | National Conference on Artificial Intelligence - Duration: 1 Jan 2004 → … |
Conference
| Conference | National Conference on Artificial Intelligence |
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| Period | 1/01/04 → … |