摘要 : We outline concepts and an architecture underlying an electronic negotiation system. Once the participants' preferences are privately assessed, a variant of the balanced increment method is used to reach an agreement. The implicat... 展开 We outline concepts and an architecture underlying an electronic negotiation system. Once the participants' preferences are privately assessed, a variant of the balanced increment method is used to reach an agreement. The implications for such a system within e-democracy are described. 收起