Improved EGT-Based Robustness Analysis of Negotiation Strategies in Multiagent Systems via Model Checking

IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 197-208

  Song, Songzheng ^a,e   Hao, Jianye ^b,c   Liu, Yang ^a   Sun, Jun ^c   Leung, Ho Fung ^d   Zhang, Jie ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SINGAPORE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGN   (Singapore)

^d CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e AUTODESK RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated negotiation; empirical game theory; model checking; robustness analysis

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC SHIP EQUIPMENT; GAME THEORY; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

AUTOMATED NEGOTIATIONS; COUNTER ABSTRACTION; GAME THEORETIC ANALYSIS; LABELED TRANSITION SYSTEMS; MODEL-CHECKING TECHNIQUES; NEGOTIATION STRATEGY; PURE STRATEGY NASH EQUILIBRIUMS; ROBUSTNESS ANALYSIS;

MODEL CHECKING;

EID: 84929590712     PISSN: 21682291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/THMS.2015.2429573     Document Type: Article

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