Handbook of Group Decision and Negotiation

Publication of the Handbook of Group Decision and Negotiation marks a milestone in the evolution of the group decision and negotiation (GDN) eld. On this occasion, editors Colin Eden and Marc Kilgour asked me to write a brief history of the eld to provide background and context for the volume. They said that I am in a good position to do so: Actively involved in creating the GDN Section and serving as its chair; founding and leading the GDN journal, Group Decision and Negotiation as editor-in-chief, and the book series, "Advances in Group Decision and Negotiation" as editor; and serving as general chair of the GDN annual meetings. I accepted their invitation to write a brief history. In 1989 what is now the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) established its Section on Group Decision and Negotiation. The journal Group Decision and Negotiation was founded in 1992, published by Springer in cooperation with INFORMS and the GDN Section. In 2003, as an ext- sion of the journal, the Springer book series, "Advances in Group Decision and Negotiation" was inaugurated.

Group Decision and Negotiation crosses many traditional disciplinary boundaries. This book, the only reference work in the field, provides a comprehensive resource on new approaches to the idea of negotiation, group decision-making, and collaboration.

The Handbook of Group Decision and Negotiation is the only reference work in the field

The Context of Group Decision and Negotiation.- to the Handbook of Group Decision and Negotiation.- Group Decisions and Negotiations in the Knowledge Civilization Era.- "Invisible Whispering": Restructuring Meeting Processes with Instant Messaging.- Soft Computing for Groups Making Hard Decisions.- Emotion in Negotiation.- Doing Right: Connectedness Problem Solving and Negotiation.- The Role of Justice in Negotiation.- Analysis of Negotiation Processes.- Analysis of Collective Decisions: Principles and Procedures.- Non-Cooperative Bargaining Theory.- Cooperative Game Theory Approaches to Negotiation.- Voting Systems for Social Choice.- Fair Division.- Conflict Analysis Methods: The Graph Model for Conflict Resolution.- The Role of Drama Theory in Negotiation.- Facilitated Group Decision and Negotiation.- Group Support Systems: Overview and Guided Tour.- Multicriteria Decision Analysis in Group Decision Processes.- The Role of Group Decision Support Systems: Negotiating Safe Energy.- The Effect Of Structure On Convergence Activities Using Group Support Systems.- Systems Thinking, Mapping, and Modeling in Group Decision and Negotiation.- Facilitated Group Decision Making in Hierarchical Contexts.- Collaboration Engineering.- Electronic Negotiation.- Electronic Negotiations: Foundations, Systems, and Processes.- The Adoption and Use of Negotiation Systems.- Support of Complex Electronic Negotiations.- Online Dispute Resolution Services: Justice, Concepts and Challenges.- Agent Reasoning in Negotiation.