E-Alliance: A Negotiation Infrastructure for Virtual Alliances

Group Decision and Negotiation

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 127-141

  Castellani, Stefania ^a   Andreoli, Jean Marc ^a   Bratu, Mihnea ^b   Boissier, Olivier ^b   Alloui, Ilham ^c   Megzari, Karim ^c  

^a XEROX RESEARCH CENTRE EUROPE   (France)

^b ECOLE DES MINES DE SAINT ETIENNE   (France)

^c Université de Savoie   (France)

Author keywords

Interaction protocol; Middleware; Multi agent systems; Negotiation; Virtual enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037259338     PISSN: 09262644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023020905288     Document Type: Review

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