Issue & Value Types

Issue and Value Types

Class Issue represents a negotiation issue to be settled in a negotiation. Issues in a domain are identified by unique index field.

• IssueDiscrete ValueDiscrete: Specific type of issue in which the value of the issue are a set of objects. An example of a discrete issue is the color of car with the values {Red, Blue, Black}.
• IssueInteger ValueInteger: Specific type of issue which specifies an integer range [min, max]. An example is the price of a car, assuming that the price can only be specified in whole euro's.
  • Assumption 1: integer-valued issues have a fixed range, with a lower and upper bound.
  • Assumption 2: value ranges for issue are shared between agents.
  • Assumption 3: step size for integer valued issue is 1.
• IssueReal: ValueReal: Specific type of issue which specifies a double range [min, max]. An example can be fuel level of a car.
  • Assumption 1 and 2 applies to this issue type as well.