Title :
Modeling e-negotiation activities with Petri nets
Author :
Hung, Patrick C K ; Mao, Ji-Ye
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Manage. Sci., Waterloo Univ., Ont., Canada
Abstract :
Electronic negotiation involves two or more agents multilaterally bargaining for mutual gain, using information technologies in a cooperative problem-solving (CPS) environment. Most of the existing work deals with the development of strategies for supporting negotiation activities in a pre-defined problem structure. In this paper, we focus on the information flow among the different entities of e-negotiation. We present a Petri net-based generic framework for modeling e-negotiation. Our approach provides a theoretical framework for studying e-negotiation activities at a conceptual and logical level.
Keywords :
Petri nets; modelling; multi-agent systems; negotiation support systems; problem solving; Petri nets; conceptual level; cooperative problem-solving environment; electronic negotiation activities modelling; generic framework; information flow; information technologies; logical level; multilaterally bargaining agents; mutual gain; Buildings; Companies; Environmental management; Humans; Information technology; International collaboration; Investments; Petri nets; Problem-solving; Technology management;
Conference_Titel :
System Sciences, 2002. HICSS. Proceedings of the 35th Annual Hawaii International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1435-9
DOI :
10.1109/HICSS.2002.993886
