ATTac-2000: An adaptive autonomous bidding agent

Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research

Volumn 15, Issue , 2001, Pages 189-206

  Stone, Peter ^a   Littman, Michael L ^a   Singh, Satinder ^b   Kearns, Michael ^b  

^a AT AND T LABS RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Syntek Capital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE ALGORITHMS; BENCHMARKING; MOTIVATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

ADAPTIVITY; TRADING AGENT COMPETITION (TAC);

TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

EID: 0000314887     PISSN: 10769757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1613/jair.865     Document Type: Article

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