Design of a shared ontology used for translating negotiation primitives

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Output type: Other

Author list: Perez J, Bravo M, Pazos R, Reyes G, Frausto J, Sosa V, Lopez M, Vázques G

Publisher: Springer

Publication year: 2006

Volume number: 3983

Start page: 169

End page: 178

Number of pages: 10

ISBN: 3-540-34077-7

ISSN: 0302-9743

Languages: English-Great Britain (EN-GB)

Abstract

In this paper we present the design of a shared ontology, with the objective to translate a variety of negotiation primitives. Our approach focuses on facilitating communication among agents during negotiation process execution. Traditional negotiation systems impose several restrictions on the type and format of negotiation primitives that can be exchanged among agents. In contrast, we propose the incorporation of an ontology-based solution to overcome heterogeneity and provide communication facilities for participation in negotiations based in open environments such as Internet. To evaluate our ontology we implemented a Web service-oriented negotiation system, and incorporated a translation module that uses the ontology as a vocabulary of negotiation primitives. The experimental results show that the incorporation of the ontology improves the continuity of the execution of negotiation processes, resulting in more agreements.

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