Oesterreichisches Forschungsinstitut fuer Artificial Intelligence (OeFAI) Schottengasse 3, A-1010 Wien Tel.: +43-1-53361120, Fax: +43-1-5336112-77, Email: sec@ai.univie.ac.at ------------------------------------------------------------------------- VORTRAG ******* 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