CSCE 496/896

Homework Assignment 3

Assigned: September 19, 2002

Due: 11:00 a.m. September 26, 2002

(Homework 5 minutes late will not be accepted)

Negotiations

1. (20 points) Why do agents negotiate?

2. (20 points) What is argumentative negotiation? How is it different from non-argumentative negotiation?

3. (40 points) Sarit Kraus proposes a negotiation model that enables two agents to real a deal within 2 steps. What are the key criteria that allow such a negotiation to be accomplished? Where do you see the model can be useful (and how) in the area of multiagent systems?

Requirements

No page limit. No format/style requirement. But the homework must be typed. Turn in the homework at the beginning of the class.