Evaluating NDF-based negotiation mechanism within an agent-based environment

Robotics and Autonomous Systems

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-27

  Wang, Kung Jeng ^a   Chou, Chung How ^a  

^a CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Agent systems; Convergence analysis; Negotiation model

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

NEGOTIATION DECISION FUNCTION (NDF);

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 0037473421     PISSN: 09218890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8890(02)00359-7     Document Type: Article

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