Afstudeercolloquium Maaike Harbers

In negotiations, one tries to obtain a profitable outcome. But what
is a profitable outcome: pay little money for many goods of high
quality? Although it seems to be a good deal, this might not always
be the most profitable outcome. If negotiation partners will meet
again in the future, it could be more rational to focus on the
relationship with your negotiation partners, to make them trust you
and to build up a good reputation.

The computational modelling of trust and reputation receives a lot of
attention in the field of multi-agent systems lately. In my
graduation project I examined a relatively new approach to trust,
based on information theory (Sierra and Debenham 2005). In my
presentation I will discuss the model and give some suggestions for
improvement. Further I will present the results of the experiments I
performed with an agent based on the information-theoretical model
for trust.