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PERSUADER
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Head: Katia Sycara
Contact: Katia Sycara (katia@cs.cmu.edu)

Mailing address:
Carnegie Mellon University
Robotics Institute
5000 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

Associated center: CIMDS
Associated lab/group: Case Based Reasoning Lab

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Project Description

We have developed a framework for intelligent computer-supported conflict resolution through negotiation/mediation. The model integrates Artificial Intelligence and decision theoretic techniques to provide enhanced conflict resolution and negotiation support in group problem solving settings. This model has been implemented in the PERSUADER, a computer program which operates in the domain of labor management disputes. The PERSUADER, acting as a mediator, facilitates the disputants' problem solving so that a mutually agreed upon settlement can be achieved. The PERSUADER embodies a general negotiation model that handles multi-agent, multi-issue, singe or repeated encounters based on an integration of Case-Base Reasoning and Multi-Attribute Utility Theory.