Masterthesis: Opponent Models in Bilateral Negotiation

by Mark Hendrikx.

Literature Survey

The newest version can be found on the ​SVN repository

Main Research Questions

• How to measure the quality of opponent models?
• Are agents using opponent models "better" than other agents?
• How do opponent models compare regarding accuracy, convergence, and computational cost?
• How to create an opponent model which is better than the state-of-the-art?

Meeting

​Meeting agendas and minutes

Planning

The datas in the overview below refer to deadlines.

• Validated all decoupled agents (13-01-12)

• Study for exam (15-01-12 -> 03-02-12)

• First version of short paper ACAN (18-02-12)

• Finished ANAC2012 agent for qualification round (18-03-12)

• Finished Camera ready of short paper ACAN (13-04-12)

• Finished editing OM paper (20-04-12)
  • Abstract / Introduction (01-04-12)
  • Preliminaries (03-04-12)
  • OM in automated negotiation (05-04-12)
  • OM Framework (07-04-12)
  • Learning methods for opponent models
  • Learning of OM (12-04-12)
    • Revise
      • Introduction
      • Section 1: Reservation value
      • Section 2: Negotiation deadline
      • Section 3: Issue Preference Order
      • Section 4: Outcome Preference Order
      • Section 5: Bidding Strategy
      • Section 6: Acceptance Strategy
    • Add new papers
      • Short paper
      • Long papers
  • Use of OM (13-04-12)
  • Evaluating OM (14-04-12)
  • OM in ANAC (15-04-12)
  • Quality of OM in ANAC (18-04-12)
    • Test setup
    • Test results evaluation
  • Conclusion (20-04-12)

• ANAC competition
  • Finished ANAC2012 agent for finals (07-05-12)
  • Wrote paper (6 - 8 pages)

• Compare accuracy, convergence, and computational cost of existing models (05-05-12)
  • Implement measurement methods per round
  • Create testsetup
  • Analyze data

• Create a model which is beter than the state of the art
  • Improve frequency model by dynamic learning rate
  • Improve Bayesian model by improving decision function assumption

• Conference paper about results (30-05-12)

• Draft of masterthesis (10/06/12)

• Finish masterthesis (10/07/12)