Prof. N. Jennings, Highfield, Southampton, UK

Lecture
Oesterreichisches Forschungsinstitut fuer Artificial Intelligence (OeFAI)
                      Schottengasse 3, A-1010 Wien
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Prof.Dr.Nicholas JENNINGS
University of Southampton
Highfield, Southampton
United Kingdom


                   Ross Ashby Memorial Lecture at the
        15th European Meeting on Cybernetics and Systems Research
                             (EMCSR 2000):

           AUTOMATED HAGGLING: BUILDING ARTIFICIAL NEGOTIATORS


Computer systems in which autonomous software agents negotiate with one
another in order to come to mutually acceptable agreements are likely 
to become pervasive in the next generation of networked systems. In 
such systems, the agents will be required to participate in a range 
of negotiation scenarios and exhibit a range of negotiation behaviours 
(depending on the context). To this end, this talk explores the issues
involved in designing and implementating a number of automated 
negotiators for real-world electronic commerce applications. 


Zeit: Mittwoch, 26.April 2000, 9:00 Uhr pktl. 
Ort:  Hoersaal 47 im Hauptgebaeude der Universitaet Wien,
      Dr.Karl Lueger-Ring 1, 1010 Wien


OESTERREICHISCHES FORSCHUNGSINSTITUT
FUER ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

o.Univ.-Prof.Dr.Robert Trappl