E-negotiation support for boundary conflict resolution

This paper proposes multi-agent e-negotiation support architecture for boundary conflict resolution. We use intelligent agents to act as human assistants during the negotiation task and provide means and resources for making final decisions in case there is a discrepancy in opinions about the decision matter. As an illustration we describe a scenario in marine weather forecasting and discuss how the proposed framework may support forecasters when negotiating agreements toward a consistent forecast policy at the boundary of regional forecasting centres.<div><br></div><div>Presented at: IFIP International Conference on Decision Support Systems; 2004 Jul 1-3; Prato, Italy. p. 724-733.</div><div><br></div><div>Rights: San Pedro J., Burstein, F. and Linger, H. © 2004. The authors grant a non-exclusive licence to publish this document in full in the DSS2004 Conference Proceedings. This document may be published on the World Wide Web, CD-ROM, in printed form, and on mirror sites on the World Wide Web. The authors assign to educational institutions a non-exclusive licence to use this document for personal use and in courses of instruction provided that the article is used in full and this copyright statement is reproduced. Any other usage is prohibited without the express permission of the authors.</div>