MIT Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science

E E C S

EECS Fall 1998 Catalogue Supplement

6.895 Negotiation Technology (H)

MW 2:30-4, 36-372
Prof. Carl Hewitt, NE43-789, x5873
Prerequisite: 6.034, 6.170 or permission of instructor
3-0-9

Negotiation broadly treated as interactive communication for arranging (joint) activities. Introduction to negotiation technology in Multi-Agency Systems. Consultation as a kind of negotiation: interactive communication for arranging the exploration of (possible) (joint) activities. Consultation technology for software engineering. Semantics of concurrent computation: participations and attributions. Program considerations as reports, goals, plans, predictions, and commitments concerning ongoing computations. Interdependence among participants in negotiation. Negotiation breakdowns: causes and cures. Ethical issues in negotiation technology.


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