A Negotiation Protocol for Agents with Nonlinear Utility Functions

Takayuki Ito, Mark Klein, Hiromitsu Hattori

Abstract: Takayuki Ito Division of Computer Science and Engineering, Master Course of Techno-Business Administration, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Gokiso, Showaku, Nagoya 466-8555, Japan [e-mail] http://www-toralab.ics.nitech.ac.jp/ itota/ Mark Klein and Hiromitsu Hattori Center for Coordination Science, Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 3 Cambridge Center, NE20-336, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA {m klein, hatto}@mit.edu