This book will be the first to bring together research material from
different communities, Computer Science and especially Artificial
Intelligence, and Social Sciences, e.g. Anthropology, Social Psychology,
Political Science that present ideas and viewpoints, methods and models
on inter-cultural collaboration and negotiation.
With increasing globalization of business and science, cultural
differences of the parties are an important factor that affects the
process and outcomes of collaborative and self-interested interactions.
The social science literature on culture as well as human collaboration
and negotiation is vast. Most of this literature is devoted to work
within the same culture. Artificial intelligence researchers, on the
other hand, have developed computational models of cooperation, conflict
resolution and negotiation, but paying almost no attention to
identifying and modeling cultural factors. In recent years, we have
witnessed a great increase in interest in understanding inter-cultural
interactions. This has led to increased interest of social scientists
and computational scientists in theoretical and experimental analysis of
inter-cultural exchanges, modeling and support. Currently, these
communities are largely unconnected. There is a great need to bring them
together to share research work and experiences, discuss ideas and forge
interdisciplinary collaborative relations.
The book will be of interest to researchers from AI/computer science and
social/behavioral sciences fields, such as psychology, sociology,
communications, organizational science.
