Adopting Agent-Based Situated Decision Support Framework for Managing One-to-many Negotiations with Multiple Potential Agreements

Much effort has been spent in the design and evaluation of agent solutions to automate one-to-one negotiations. Recently, researchers have been expanding the agent-based models to address bi-lateral negotiations as well. In this work our interest is in one-to-many negotiations involving multiple potential agreements. This may involve selling products or services to customers through deal-making. The work aims at applying the framework for situated decision support developed recently to this problem. The major components of situated decision support system include sensors, effectors, manager, and active user interface. We illustrate the approach through simulations for the case used previously in our agent-assisted negotiation experiments