@InProceedings{saha07a,
  author =	 {Sabyasachi Saha and Sandip Sen},
  title =	 {Reciprocal Negotiation over Shared Resources in
                  Agent Societies},
  booktitle =	 {Proceedings of the Sixth International Joint
                  Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent
                  Systems},
  crossref =	 {aamas07},
  pages =	 {771--773},
  year =	 2007,
  abstract =	 {We are interested in domains where an agent
                  repeatedly negotiates with other agents over shared
                  resources where the demand or utility to the agent
                  for the shared resources vary over time. We propose
                  a protocol that will maximize social welfare if
                  agents reveal their true preferences in every
                  negotiation. The protocol, however, is not
                  truth-revealing and selfish agents have the
                  incentive to artificially inflate preferences. We
                  use a probabilistic reciprocative behavior that
                  discourages the reporting of false preferences. This
                  reciprocative behavior promotes cooperation in
                  repeated negotiations and improves both individual
                  and group longterm payoff. We characterize
                  environmental conditions under which agents can
                  develop and sustain mutually beneficial
                  relationships with similar agents and avoid
                  exploitation by different types of selfish agents.},
  url = 	 {http://jmvidal.cse.sc.edu/library/saha07a.pdf}
}