Co-Evolution of Bargaining Strategies in a Decentralized Multi-Agent System

AAAI Fall Symposium - Technical Report

Volumn FS-01-03, Issue , 2001, Pages 126-134

  Eymann, Torsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; ECONOMICS; INTELLIGENT AGENTS;

CHANGING ENVIRONMENT; CO-EVOLUTION; DECENTRALISED; EQUILIBRIUM PRESSURE; GOOD AND SERVICES; INCOMPLETE INFORMATION; MARKET-MAKER; NON EQUILIBRIUM; SMART DEVICES; TIME PRESSURES;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 0039970544     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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