Title :
Automating Contract Negotiation
Author :
Debenham, John ; Lawrence, Elaine
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Technol., Sydney
Abstract :
The automation of contract negotiation requires intelligent agents that can assimilate and use real-time information flows wisely. Electronic markets are information-rich with access to the Internet and the World Wide Web. A new breed of "information-based" agents are founded on concepts from information theory, and are designed to operate with information flows of varying and questionable integrity. These agents are part of a larger project that aims to make informed automated trading in applications such as eProcurement a reality.
Keywords :
Internet; contracts; electronic commerce; electronic trading; multi-agent systems; procurement; Internet; World Wide Web; contract negotiation; electronic market; electronic trading; eprocurement; information flow; information theory; intelligent agent; Consumer electronics; Contracts; Entropy; Information management; Information technology; Information theory; Intelligent agent; Probabilistic logic; Probability distribution; Web sites; Intelligent agents; argumentation; data mining; negotiation;
Conference_Titel :
Information Technology: New Generations, 2008. ITNG 2008. Fifth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Las Vegas, NV
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-3099-0
DOI :
10.1109/ITNG.2008.34
