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negotiation rules (IV)
•rules
for lifecycle of negotiation
•responsible
role: negotiation terminator
–termination
rule: specifies when no more
proposals may be posted (e.g. a given time, period of quiescence)
•rules
for agreement formation
•responsible
role: agreement maker
–agreement
formation rules:
determine, given a set of proposals of
which at
least two are compatible, which agreements should be formed
–tie-breaking
rule: specific agreement formation
rule applied after all others