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A Fixed-Point Property of Logic-Based Bargaining Solution

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This paper presents a logic-based bargaining solution based on Zhang and Zhang’s framework. It is shown that if the demand sets of players are logically closed, the solution satisfies a fixed-point property, which says that the outcome of bargaining is the result of mutual belief revision. The result is interesting not only because it presents a desirable logical property of bargaining solution but also establishes a link between bargaining theory and multi-agent belief revision.

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  1. Intelligent Systems Laboratory, University of Western Sydney, Australia

    Dongmo Zhang

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  1. Wales, School of Computer Science and Engineering,, University of New South, NSW 2052, Sydney, Australia

    Wayne Wobcke

  2. School of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science, Victoria University of Wellington, P.O. Box 600, 6140, Wellington, New Zealand

    Mengjie Zhang

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Zhang, D. (2008). A Fixed-Point Property of Logic-Based Bargaining Solution. In: Wobcke, W., Zhang, M. (eds) AI 2008: Advances in Artificial Intelligence. AI 2008. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 5360. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-89378-3_3

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