Title : 
Bridging the Gap: Face-to-Face Negotiations with an Automated Mediator
         
        
            Author : 
Lin, Raz ; Gev, Yehoshua ; Kraus, Sarit
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Bar-Ilan Univ., Ramat Gan, Israel
         
        
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
The automated, animated mediator AniMed* aims to increase the social welfare of people in bilateral negotiations, utilizing a generic strategy mechanism and the ability to propose partial solutions.
         
        
            Keywords : 
computer animation; social sciences computing; AniMed mediator; animated mediator; bilateral negotiation; face-to-face negotiation; social welfare; Avatars; Economics; Facial animation; Intelligent systems; Social factors; automated mediation; bilateral negotiations; incomplete information; intelligent systems; social and economic computing;
         
        
        
            Journal_Title : 
Intelligent Systems, IEEE
         
        
        
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/MIS.2011.75