4.3. Results
4.3.1. Number of negotiation rounds
Although we measured the number of negotiation rounds in each experiment, we found that a general pattern was found
in almost every experiment. Thus, instead of commenting the results for the number of negotiation rounds in each
experimental section, we decided to present the performance of the four intra-team strategies according to the number
of negotiation rounds just once. As a sample for this behavior, we can observe the number of negotiation rounds spent by
each intra-team strategy when team and opponent have a long deadline (Top = L and TA = L), the number of team jAj members
is set to 4, and the opponent uses different concessions speeds bop in Table 2.
As long as the concession speed of the four intra-team strategies can be categorized as the same type, RE is usually the
fastest intra-team strategy in number of negotiation rounds, followed by SSV, then SBV, and finally FUM. Since less unanimity
is guaranteed among team members, it is logical that there may be less conflict with the opponent and, thus, agreements
are found faster with low unanimity strategies like RE and SSV. The main exception for this rule is when team members
are very similar and the opponent uses either boulware or very boulware concession speeds. In those cases, FUM is able