Limits of economic and strategic rationality for agents and MA systems

Robotics and Autonomous Systems

Volumn 24, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 127-139

  Castelfranchi, Cristiano ^a   Conte, Rosaria ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agents; Cooperation; Game theory; MAS; Rationality

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; GAME THEORY; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS;

INCENTIVE ENGINEERING; MULTI-AGENT SYSTEMS; RATIONALITY;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE;

EID: 0032154954     PISSN: 09218890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8890(98)00027-X     Document Type: Article

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