Implementing a bargaining strategy between teams with majority voting

A computer readable storage medium embodying instructions executed by a processor to perform a method of implementing a bargaining strategy, comprising:

• receiving a first plurality of attributes corresponding to team members of a first team, and a second plurality of attributes corresponding to team members of a second team, wherein the first and second teams participate in a bargaining process and each team bargains pursuant to a majority rule;
• generating at least one simulated critical first team member corresponding to the first team based on a weighted average of a first attribute from among the first plurality of attributes of every team member of the first team;
• generating at least one simulated critical second team member corresponding to the second team based on a weighted average of a first attribute from among the second plurality of attributes of every team member of the second team, wherein the at least one simulated critical first and second team members are determinative of an agreeable outcome of the bargaining process;
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• generating suggested bargaining terms likely to result in the agreeable outcome of the bargaining process between the first and second teams according to the at least one simulated critical first and second team members.

A computer readable storage medium embodying instructions executed by a processor to perform a method of implementing a bargaining strategy, comprising:

• receiving a first plurality of attributes corresponding to team members of a first team, and a second plurality of attributes corresponding to team members of a second team, wherein the first and second teams participate in a bargaining process and each team bargains pursuant to a majority rule;
• generating a first price matrix indicating a maximum value acceptable to each team member of the first team relative to each team member of the second team;
• generating a second price matrix indicating a minimum value acceptable to each team member of the second team relative to each team member of the first team;
• generating a potential first critical team member list, comprising a plurality of potential first critical team members, by determining a highest price resulting in a weighted majority of approval of the team members of the first team for each column in the second price matrix;
• generating a potential second critical team member list, comprising a plurality of potential second critical team members, by determining a lowest value resulting in a weighted majority of approval of the team members of the second team for each row in the first price matrix;
• selecting at least one first critical team member from among the plurality of first potential critical team members, and at least one second critical team member from among the plurality of second potential critical team members, based on a comparison of the potential first critical team members and the potential second critical team members, wherein the at least one first and second critical team members are determinative of an agreeable outcome of the bargaining process;
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• generating suggested bargaining terms according to the selected at least one first and second critical team members likely to result in the agreeable outcome of the bargaining process.