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This paper presents an initial study of the relevant issues on the development
of an automated mediation agent. The work is conducted within the
‘curious negotiator’ framework [1]. The paper demonstrates that mediation is a
knowledge intensive process that integrates information revelation and analogical
reasoning. The introduced formalism is used to demonstrate how via revealing
the appropriate information and reshaping the set of issues of the disputing parties
mediation can succeed. The paper presents MediaThor - a mediating agent
that utilises past experiences and information from negotiating parties to mediate
disputes and change the positions of negotiating parties.

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