Specifying rules for electronic auctions

AI Magazine

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 15-23

  Wurman, Peter R ^a   Wellman, Michael P ^a   Walsh, William E ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

ELECTRONIC AUCTIONS;

INTELLIGENT AGENTS;

EID: 0036749560     PISSN: 07384602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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