An Argumentation-Driven Model for Flexible and Efficient Persuasive Negotiation

Group Decision and Negotiation

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 411-435

  Bentahar, Jamal ^a   Labban, Jihad ^a  

^a Concordia University ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Agent communication; Argumentation; Dialogue games; Negotiation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958100309     PISSN: 09262644     EISSN: 15729907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10726-009-9163-0     Document Type: Article

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