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title: "Bargaining Between Goals"
authors:
  - "Ira P. Goldstein"
doi: ""
url: "https://ijcai.org/proceedings/1975/27"
pdf: "https://ijcai.org/proceedings/1975/0027.pdf"
venue: "Proceedings of the Fourth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence"
year: 1975
pages: "175-179"
track: "Planning and Problem Solving"
keywords:
---

# Bargaining Between Goals

Ira P. Goldstein

*Proceedings of the Fourth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence*, pages 175-179.

## Abstract

Bargatntng is a process used to modify conflicting demands on an expendable resource so that a satisfactory allocation can be made. In this paper, a bargaining system is designed to handle the problem of scheduling an individual's weekly activities and appointments. The bargaining system Is based on the powerful reasoning strategy of rroducing a simplified ltntar plan by considering the various constraints Independently and then debuggi••g the resulting conflicts.