Re: About negotiation algorithm

[Martin Sachs <msachs@cyclonecommerce.com>]

Hi, Kukoc

Thank you very much for  your question about the negotation
algorithm.

Yes, negotiation strategy would be included in what we call the
negotiation algorithm.  More precisely, the negotiation algorithm
would specify those parts of a party's strategy that must be known to
both parties in order to successfully negotiate a CPA.

The negotiation team decided to specify negotiation in two stages. 
The first stage is the negotiation protocol as defined in the current
version of the draft specification.  The second stage is all those
matters related to negotiation algorithm and strategy. We believe that
when it is complete, the specification of the protocol will be useful to
some parties for simple negotiation. The team will need more expertise in
negotiation than it currently has to define a specification for
algorithm/strategy. If you have an interest in this area and might be
willing and able to contribute, please let us know.

If you wish to send further questions about negotiation or CPPA to the
whole team,  you can send them to 
ebxml-cppa-comment <ebxml-cppa-comment@lists.oasis-open.org>
without having to be a member of OASIS.

Regards,
Marty


At 08:55 AM 4/21/2004, kukoc-url wrote:

> Hi Mr.
> Martin : 
>
>           
> I am a graduate student form Chung Yuan Christian University 
> Taiwan.
>
>           
> My major research is ¡§a rule-driven negotiation agent to improving ebXML
> cpp/cpa automated negotiation¡¨.
>
>           
> I have a question about the concept of negotiation algorithm in Automated
> Negotiation Specification and hope you can help me to solve this
> problem.
>
>           
> Many research about automated negotiation that define automated
> negotiation system must have two components : negotiation protocol and
> negotiation strategy.
>
>           
> After viewing specification, i find there are only have designed the
> negotiation protocol, the negotiation strategy does not discussed in this
> specification.
>
>          
> But in page 10, line 338, there are a component about negotiation
> algorithm which is the private process ate each negotiating party that
> implements that party¡¦s private negotiation strategy.
>
>          
> Besides, according to the definition of negotiation strategy by
> Lomuscio(2000) and Jennings(2001): (1)an
> agent¡¦s negotiation strategy is the specification of the sequence of
> actions(usually offers or response) the agent plan to make during the
> negotiation; (2)the decision making models which are used by the agents
> to achieve their objectives.
>
> Question : Are there have the same meaning
> between the negotiation algorithm in specification and negotiation
> strategy which is defined above?
>
> Please help me to clear the relationship
> between them.
>
> Thanks for your opinion about this my
> question.
>
> Best Regareds
>
> Kukoc
>
>  
>
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>
> Shao-Ming Yang ·¨²Ð©ú
>
> Chung Yuan Christian University 
>
> Institute of Informaton Management
>
> E-Mail : kukoc@mis.cycu.edu.tw
>
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>
>

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Martin Sachs
standards architect
Cyclone Commerce
msachs@cyclonecommerce.com