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This work aims to document and present the most significant developments in the usage of negotiation- and argumentation-based multi-agent systems in the field of multiple criteria decision support. Also, this work sets forth the goal of a currently ongoing research for the development of an argument-based intelligent agent platform for the support of group decision making using multicriteria decision analysis methods.
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Matsatsinis, N.F., Tzoannopoulos, KD. Multiple criteria group decision support through the usage of argumentation-based multi-agent systems: an overview. Oper Res Int J 8, 185–199 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12351-008-0008-4
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