Generally, when the concession speed is the same for the different intra-team strategies, RE takes less numbers of negotiation
rounds than SSV, which takes less number of rounds than SBV, which takes less number of rounds than FUM. The
exception for this rule is when team members are very similar and the opponent uses boulware or very boulware strategies,
which makes FUM usually faster than SBV.
FUM tends to clearly outperform the rest of intra-team strategies studied in utility terms (minimum and average utility of
team members) when the deadline of both parties is long and the opponent uses either boulware of very boulware concession
strategies. When the opponent uses conceder or very conceder strategies, different intra-team strategies tie in
terms of the minimum and average utility of team members depending on the rest of environmental conditions.
When the team deadline is way shorter than the opponent’s deadline, all of the intra-team strategies are negatively
affected in the results obtained in the minimum and average utility of team members. Additionally, if team members
are very similar, RE becomes one of the best choices for the average utility of team members since it is capable of ending
more negotiations successfully where other intra-team strategies fail. If team members are very dissimilar, FUM and SBV
tend to work better in terms of utility (minimum and average). However, if the opponent uses boulware or very boulware
concession strategies every intra-team strategy performs equally bad and team members are encouraged to look for other
negotiation alternatives.
In situations where the team’s maximum deadline is longer than the opponent’s deadline, the team should not play intrateam
strategies with the maximum deadline but intra-team strategies with the same type of deadline than the opponent
or a slightly longer type of deadline. Otherwise, the team performance in utility terms is not maximized due to more
negotiations ending in failure.
As the number of team members increases, the performance in utility terms of all of the intra-team strategies is negatively
affected. However, in general, all of the intra-team strategies studied are equally affected by the increment in
the number of team members. Thus, team size did not have an effect on the intra-team strategy that should be selected
by team members to maximize the minimum or the average utility of team members.