A Machine-Learning Approach to Automated Negotiation and Prospects for Electronic Commerce

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 83-112

  Oliver, Jim R ^a,b,c,d  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Hewlett Packard Andersen Consult   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic commerce; Genetic algorithms; Machine learning; Negotiation support; Software agents

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030307384     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07421222.1996.11518135     Document Type: Article

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