Agent buyog: A negotiation strategy for tri-party multi issue negotiation

Abstract

The 2015 edition of the Automated Negotiation Agents Competition (ANAC) was the first in its history to introduce multi-party negotiation. To this end, we present the strategy of Agent Buyog, a finalist of the competition. The strategy is based on determining which of the opponent agents is harder to strike a deal with and conceding just enough to please that opponent. This paper aims at outlining various aspects of the strategy such as opponent modeling, concession strategies, bidding strategies and acceptance criteria. It further discusses the limitations of the strategy and discusses possible improvements.