Paper ID: 2205.06678

MOPaC: The Multiple Offers Protocol for Multilateral Negotiations with Partial Consensus

Pradeep K. Murukannaiah, Catholijn M. Jonker

Existing protocols for multilateral negotiation require a full consensus among the negotiating parties. In contrast, we propose a protocol for multilateral negotiation that allows partial consensus, wherein only a subset of the negotiating parties can reach an agreement. We motivate problems that require such a protocol and describe the protocol formally.

Submitted: May 13, 2022