Authors:
Zhuang Yan
1
;
Francis Yan
1
;
Simon Fong
1
and
Shi Meilin
2
Affiliations:
1
Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Macau, Macau
;
2
Tsinghua University, China
Keyword(s):
Automated Negotiation, Agents, Knowledge.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
B2B, B2C and C2C
;
Communication and Software Technologies and Architectures
;
e-Business
;
e-Negotiation and Auction Mechanisms
;
Enterprise Information Systems
;
Knowledge Engineering
;
Society, e-Business and e-Government
;
Software Agents and Internet Computing
;
Web and Mobile Business Systems and Services
;
Web Information Systems and Technologies
Abstract:
A methodology called Knowledge Beads (KB) that was proposed in our previous paper features object-oriented formatting and expressive power in defining a complex bill-of-material. In this paper, we show how this knowledge representation methodology could be used in the design of automated negotiation systems and how KB helps in giving a unified approach for representing the data throughout the process that includes evaluation, negotiation, and post-negotiation. We identify two types of knowledge namely General Knowledge and Negotiation knowledge, in the negotiation process. A methodology is proposed on how these two types of knowledge can be used in automated negotiation.