Incorporating Fairness into Development of an Integrated Multi-agent Online Dispute Resolution Environment

Abstract

The paper describes the development of an integrated multi-agent online dispute resolution environment called IMODRE that was designed to assist parties involved in Australian family law disputes achieve legally fairer negotiated outcomes. The system extends our previous work in developing negotiation support systems Family_Winner and AssetDivider. In this environment one agent uses a Bayesian Belief Network expertly modeled with knowledge of the Australian Family Law domain to advise disputants of their Best Alternatives to Negotiated Agreements. Another agent incorporates the percentage split of marital property into an integrative bargaining process and applies heuristics and game theory to equitably distribute marital property assets and facilitate further trade-offs. We use this system to add greater fairness to Family property law negotiations.

Can Artificial Intelligence and Online Dispute Resolution enhance efficiency and effectiveness in Courts

“…The AssetDivider system (Abrahams et al 2012) incorporates the basis of Family_Winner's allocation and trade-off strategy to decide upon the allocation of assets based on interests and an item's monetary value. In a family property dispute one party may have a high emotional attachment to a record collection which has a minimal financial value.…”

The changing contours of fairness: using multiple lenses to focus the HRM research agenda

“…Research has shown the relevance of game theory in solving the issues of fairness in the distribution of goods and conflict resolution. For example many Negotiation Support Systems such as Adjusted-Winner (Brams & Taylor 1996), Smart-settle (Thiessen & McMahon 2000) and Family-Winner use bargaining and game theory to provide win-win solutions to participants in disputes (Abrahams, Bellucci & Zeleznikow, 2012).The applicability of these two theories within the HRM domain is potentially broad. A number of questions might be addressed when using game theory in relation to executive pay: what is fair pay in today's corporate world?…”

Comparing the Israel–Palestinian Dispute to Australian Family Mediation

“…The case is adapted from Abrahams et al (2010). Table 1 below describes a divorce case provided by Relationships Australia Queensland: we move directly to the numerical values translated from the linguistic variables.…”