scholarly journals Can Social Agents Efficiently Perform in Automated Negotiation?

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (13) ◽  
pp. 6022
Author(s):  
Victor Sanchez-Anguix ◽  
Okan Tunalı ◽  
Reyhan Aydoğan ◽  
Vicente Julian
Keyword(s):  
Utility Function ◽  
Nash Bargaining ◽  
Equilibrium Strategy ◽  
Automated Negotiation ◽  
Social Agents ◽  
Social Agent ◽  
Opponent Modeling ◽  
Social Metrics ◽  
Tit For Tat ◽  
Final Agreement

In the last few years, we witnessed a growing body of literature about automated negotiation. Mainly, negotiating agents are either purely self-driven by maximizing their utility function or by assuming a cooperative stance by all parties involved in the negotiation. We argue that, while optimizing one’s utility function is essential, agents in a society should not ignore the opponent’s utility in the final agreement to improve the agent’s long-term perspectives in the system. This article aims to show whether it is possible to design a social agent (i.e., one that aims to optimize both sides’ utility functions) while performing efficiently in an agent society. Accordingly, we propose a social agent supported by a portfolio of strategies, a novel tit-for-tat concession mechanism, and a frequency-based opponent modeling mechanism capable of adapting its behavior according to the opponent’s behavior and the state of the negotiation. The results show that the proposed social agent not only maximizes social metrics such as the distance to the Nash bargaining point or the Kalai point but also is shown to be a pure and mixed equilibrium strategy in some realistic agent societies.

scholarly journals A Taxonomy for the Social Agents of Scientific Change

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 55-62
Author(s):  
Nicholas Overgaard
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Community ◽  
Epistemic Community ◽  
Epistemic Communities ◽  
Scientific Change ◽  
Collective Intentionality ◽  
Social Agents ◽  
Social Agent ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
Definition Of

Although we accept that a scientific mosaic is a set of theories and methods accepted and employed by a scientific community, scientific community currently lacks a proper definition in scientonomy. In this paper, I will outline a basic taxonomy for the bearers of a mosaic, i.e. the social agents of scientific change. I begin by differentiating between accidental group and community through the respective absence and presence of a collective intentionality. I then identify two subtypes of community: the epistemic community that has a collective intentionality to know the world, and the non-epistemic community that does not have such a collective intentionality. I note that both epistemic and non-epistemic communities might bear mosaics, but that epistemic communities are the intended social agents of scientific change because their main collective intentionality is to know the world and, in effect, to change their mosaics. I conclude my paper by arguing we are not currently in a position to properly define scientific community per se because of the risk of confusing pseudoscientific communities with scientific communities. However, I propose that we can for now rely on the definition of epistemic community as the proper social agent of scientific change.Suggested Modifications[Sciento-2017-0012]: Accept the following taxonomy of group, accidental group, and community:Group ≡ two or more people who share any characteristic.Accidental group ≡ a group that does not have a collective intentionality.Community ≡ a group that has a collective intentionality. [Sciento-2017-0013]: Provided that the preceding modification [Sciento-2017-0012] is accepted, accept that communities can consist of other communities.[Sciento-2017-0014]: Provided that modification [Sciento-2017-0012] is accepted, accept the following definitions of epistemic community and non-epistemic community as subtypes of community:Epistemic community ≡ a community that has a collective intentionality to know the world.Non-epistemic community ≡ a community that does not have a collective intentionality to know the world.[Sciento-2017-0015]: Provideed that modification [Sciento-2017-0013] and [Sciento-2017-0014] are accepted, accept that a non-epistemic community can consist of epistemic communities.

scholarly journals Pendidikan Keibubapaan Melalui Santunan Fitrah Nabi Ya’qub A.S Dan Pendekatannya Bagi Menangani Salah Laku Remaja (Parenting Education Through The Prophet Ya’qub Method And His Approaches To Cope With Teenager Misbehaviour)

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (3-2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mastura Bohari ◽  
Farahwahida Mohd Yusof
Keyword(s):  
Children And Youth ◽  
Social Agents ◽  
Good Communication ◽  
Social Agent ◽  
Descriptive Approach ◽  
Role Of Parents ◽  
High Level ◽  
Willingness To Forgive ◽  
Good Behaviour

Youth of today face a very challenging era. The excellent education provided to them will shape them into individuals with an excellent personality, where they can be the apprentice of good behaviour generation. However, the increase of misconduct amongst teenagers is reported to indirectly affect the role of parents as a main social agent. These social agents can contribute to the development of teenagers’ personality. Al Quran, as Manhaj Rabbani, provides solutions and guidance in shaping the personality of children and youth. Thus, this paper aims to study the excellent values and educational approaches practiced by Prophet Ya’cub a.s in handling the behaviour of his children and analyse those approaches to address the youth of today’s social problem. This study used a qualitative approach in the form of content analysis. The data analysis used a descriptive approach. The samples of study include Quranic verses in Surah Yusuf related to the values of Prophet Ya’cub a.s especially in the aspect of educating children. Excellent values such as good communication, useful advice, high level of patience, taqwa to Allah and willingness to forgive others shall be applied by parents in dealing with their children’s misconduct. The implication of this study is expected to encourage the effort and create a formula in nurturing youth with good values and a noble character in their action and interaction, thereby reduce their risk of performing misconduct and getting involved in social problems.

The roles of coaches, peers, and parents in athletes' basic psychological needs: A mixed-studies review

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 569-588 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tsz Lun (Alan) Chu ◽  
Tao Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Parental Influence ◽  
Longitudinal Design ◽  
Youth Sport ◽  
Psychological Needs ◽  
Basic Psychological Needs ◽  
Relative Influence ◽  
Social Environments ◽  
Social Agents ◽  
Social Agent ◽  
Mixed Studies Review

The purposes of this mixed-studies review were to summarize (a) the social environments created by coaches, peers, and parents concurrently, (b) the relative influence of social agents in youth athletes' psychological needs, and (c) the emerging research gaps for future research in and practical implications for youth sport. Literature was searched in six databases, resulting in 20 final studies with 2851 participants. These studies were reviewed and synthesized based on the theoretical frameworks, research design, participants and sports, associations between social environments and psychological needs, data analyses, results, and limitations. Results suggest that coaches, peers, and parents serve different roles in athletes' psychological needs. Coaches are the most important social agent in influencing autonomy, while peers are the most important social agent in influencing competence and relatedness. Parental influence is the least influential but also least studied in current literature. More research, particularly studies that use mixed methods or longitudinal design across developmental periods, is needed to examine the relative influence of all three social agents in youth sport contexts.

scholarly journals Nye tendenser indenfor idrætsarkitektur

2013 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Sofie Lund Tannebek ◽  
Hans Bonde
Keyword(s):  
Sports Facilities ◽  
Dominant Position ◽  
Social Agents ◽  
Social Agent ◽  
The Future ◽  
Per Capita ◽  
Sport Facilities ◽  
Made In

New tendencies within sport architectureIn spite of the fact that Denmark is placed at a European first place in the supply of sports facilities per capita, the country faces the challenge that many sport facilities are either worn out or and in need of maintenance. An increasing number of social agents have during the last years started to develop and maintain the Danish sport facilities. The aim of this article is to identify leading architectural trends in new sport architecture and to analyze the visions, solutions and struggle for ideological supremacy in the field of upcoming sport facilities. The results presented here are based on examples of new sport facilities built in Denmark in the last 10-15 years, reports and studies made in the area and interviews with leading agents in the field. The study argues that three intertwined architectural trends describe how modern sport facilities are perceived and designed and it analyzes the different interests and attitudes towards the sport facilities of the future. It turns out that one social agent, the “Lokale and Anlægsfonden”, has obtained a dominant position in the field not least by means of its ability to provide projects with an architectural quality stamp that opens doors to other investors. Not least by means of this dominant position, the alternative and new ways of attending sport and concepts of multifunctionality, synergy and “refunctionalization” prevail as compared to more traditional architectural solutions.

scholarly journals MOTIVAÇÕES E EXPECTATIVAS DAS IDOSAS COM O CURSO “AGENTES SOCIAIS DE LAZER”

2011 ◽  
Vol 16 (esp) ◽  
Author(s):  
Clarissa Martins Gomes ◽  
Mateus Kunzler ◽  
Stephanie Dos Santos Cardoso ◽  
Andréa Kruger Gonçalves ◽  
Diná Pettenuzzo Santiago ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Social Participation ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Social Agents ◽  
Social Agent

Com o objetivo de incentivar a participação das pessoas idosas como sujeitos das ações desenvolvidas no projeto foi desenvolvido o curso “agentes sociais de lazer”. Para investigar sobre a motivação para participar do curso e a expectativa em ser agente social foram realizadas entrevistas semi-estruturadas com 8 alunas do curso. Da análise do conteúdo das entrevistas emergiram 3 categorias: a aprendizagem como motivação, o protagonismo das alunas nas ações do projeto e o significado do ser agente social. Os resultados obtidos sugerem que as pessoas idosas querem continuar aprendendo, querem participar, querem aplicar o conhecimento, querem ser reconhecidas como úteis e capazes. A vontade de aprender serviu como motivação para participarem do curso e a atuação como agente social está proporcionando a participação ativa na sociedade. palavras-chaveAgente Social. Lazer. Idosas. Motivações. Expectativas. abstract In order to encourage the participation of older people as subjects of the actions developed in the project we developed the course “social agents of leisure”. In order to investigate the motivation to attend the course and expectations on being a social agent, semi-structured interviews were conducted involving eight students of the course. From the analysis of the interviews emerged three categories: learning as motivation, the role of students in the project’s actions and the meaning of being a social agent. The results suggest that older people want to keep learning, want to participate, they want to apply their knowledge, and they want to be recognized as useful and capable. The willingness to learn has served as motivation to attend the course and acting as the agent is providing social participation in society. Keywords Social Agent. Leisure. Elderly. Motivation. Expectations.

scholarly journals AUTOMATED NEGOTIATION BASED ON ENSEMBLE LEARNING AND OPTIMAL COUNTER PROPOSAL

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Peng Yanbin ◽  
Zheng Zhijun
Keyword(s):  
Utility Function ◽  
Ensemble Learning ◽  
Iterative Process ◽  
Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm ◽  
Learning Algorithm ◽  
Automated Negotiation ◽  
Swarm Optimization ◽  
Implicit Information ◽  
Training Samples ◽  
Ensemble Learning Algorithm

Agent-mediated automated negotiation is a key form of interaction in the e-commerce environment. Agents reach an agreement through an iterative process of making offers. However, agents are prone to conceal their private negotiation information, which decreases the efficiency of negotiation. In this paper, an ensemble learning-based negotiation method is proposed. The new method labels the proposals automatically by mining the implicit information in negotiation history data. Then, the labeled proposals become the training samples of the ensemble learning algorithm, which generates the estimation of the opponent’s utility function. At last, based on the utility function of both sides, a win-win negotiation counter-proposal is generated through a particle swarm optimization algorithm. The experimental results indicate the benefits and efficiency of the proposed method.

Bilateral learning model in construction claim negotiations

2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 448-463 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenxue Lu ◽  
Lihan Zhang ◽  
Fan Bai
Keyword(s):  
Utility Function ◽  
Bayesian Learning ◽  
Learning Model ◽  
Learning Ability ◽  
Nash Bargaining ◽  
Bargaining Solution ◽  
Bottom Line ◽  
Bargaining Process ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Discount Factors

Purpose – The learning ability on critical bargaining information contributes to accelerating construction claim negotiations in the win-win situation. The purpose of this paper is to study how to apply Zeuthen strategy and Bayesian learning to simulate the dynamic bargaining process of claim negotiations with the consideration of discount factor and risk attitude. Design/methodology/approach – The authors first adopted certainty equivalent method and curve fitting to build a party’s own curve utility function. Taking the opponent’s bottom line as the learning goal, the authors introduced Bayesian learning to refine former predicted linear utility function of the opponent according to every new counteroffer. Both parties’ utility functions were revised by taking discount factors into consideration. Accordingly, the authors developed a bilateral learning model in construction claim negotiations based on Zeuthen strategy. Findings – The consistency of Zeuthen strategy and the Nash bargaining solution model guarantees the effectiveness of the bilateral learning model. Moreover, the illustrative example verifies the feasibility of this model. Research limitations/implications – As the authors developed the bilateral learning model by mathematical deduction, scholars are expected to collect empirical cases and compare actual solutions and model solutions in order to modify the model in future studies. Practical implications – Negotiators could refer to this model to make offers dynamically, which is favorable for the parties to reach an agreement quickly and to avoid the escalation of claims into disputes. Originality/value – The proposed model provides a supplement to the existing studies on dynamic construction claim negotiations.

scholarly journals Individual differences in attitude toward robots predict behavior in human-robot interaction

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nina-Alisa Hinz ◽  
Francesca Ciardo ◽  
Agnieszka Wykowska
Keyword(s):  
Individual Differences ◽  
San Francisco ◽  
Human Behavior ◽  
Negative Attitude ◽  
Human Robot Interaction ◽  
Robot Interaction ◽  
Social Agents ◽  
Social Agent ◽  
The Social

Humans are influenced by the presence of other social agents, sometimes performing better, sometimes performing worse than alone. Humans are also affected by how they perceive the social agent. The present study investigat-ed whether individual differences in the attitude toward robots can predict human behavior in Human-Robot Interaction (HRI). Therefore, adult partic-ipants played a game with the Cozmo robot (Anki Inc., San Francisco), in which their task was to stop a balloon from exploding. In individual trials, only the participants could stop the balloon inflating, while in joint trials al-so Cozmo could stop it. Results showed that in joint trials, the balloon ex-ploded less often than in individual trials. However participants stopped the balloon earlier in joint than in individual trials, although this was less bene-ficial for them. This effect of Cozmo joining the game, nevertheless, was in-fluenced by the negative attitude of the participants toward robots. The more negative they were, the less their behavior was influenced by the presence of the robot. This suggests that robots can influence human behavior, although this influence is modulated by the attitude toward the robot.

scholarly journals FAMILY SOCIAL CONTROL TO BULLYING CULTURE IN HIGH SCHOOL

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 129
Author(s):  
Karnadi Karnadi
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Social Control ◽  
Crime Prevention ◽  
Social Agents ◽  
Social Agent ◽  
Know How

This research goals is to given the descriptive brief about the form of interaction that applied between social agents, especially the senior and junior in High School (SMA). The research itself told about the transmition of bullying culture that happen in some High School in Jakarta, which done by seniors to their juniors. Also, this research will happen to know how the effectiveness of social crime prevention which applied by family agents as a primary social agent that should prevent any form of violence at school.

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