Protocols for Negotiation in literature  

•     Negotiation in multi-agent systems  

•     In terms of multi-agent systems such as in the context of our CVC, the classic book on

                Negotiation is "Rules of Encounter" by Jeffrey S. Rosenchein  and Gilad

        Zlotkin

•    Key Idea:

•     "Machines that Make Deals" i. e.  automated agents negotiate to

         reach agreements using game theory in developing appropriate protocols

•     Also define three dimensions along which inter-agent negotiation can be discussed.

•     The first dimension distinguishes negotiation by its granularity (whether agents negotiate

         over complete tasks, states of the world, or the worth that each agent sees)

•     The second dimension defines five attributes by which proposed negotiation mechanisms

                   can be evaluated: efficiency, stability, simplicity, distribution, and symmetry.

•     The third dimension describes the assumptions or axioms on which the theory is

         constructed. For example, it is assumed that agents will not take future negotiations into

         account in a current negotiation; that all agents offer the same operations in the world at

         identical costs; and that there is no money or other mechanism for explicit transfer of

         utility among agents.

•    Also discuss three domains of negotiation, namely, Task Oriented

        Domain, State Oriented Domain and Worth Oriented Domain