Designing Generic and Efficient Negotiation Strategies

The central aim of this thesis is the design of generic and efficient automated strategies for two-party negotiations in which negotiating parties do not reveal their preferences explicitly. A strategy for negotiation is the decision mechanism for determining the actions of a negotiator. Generic refers to the idea that the strategy needs no...

Sensing what matters

Recently, the Royal Netherlands Navy (RNLN) is executing missions in coastal regions with a lot of civil traffic. Furthermore, the opponent of a typical modern mission is not as apparent as was the case during e.g., the Cold War. In the direct vicinity of naval vessels are many objects and it is increasingly complex to identify which of those...