A Dialogue Game Protocol for Agent Purchase Negotiations

Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 235-273

  McBurney, Peter ^a   Van Eijk, Rogier M ^b   Parsons, Simon ^c   Amgoud, Leila ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d IRIT   (France)

Author keywords

Argumentation; Autonomous agents; Consumer decision making; Dialogue games; Negotiation

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER DECISION MAKING; DIALOGUE GAME PROTOCOLS; DIALOGUE GAMES;

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; DATA TRANSFER; DECISION MAKING; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; GAME THEORY; MARKETING; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; SEMANTICS;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 0346502055     PISSN: 13872532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024787301515     Document Type: Article

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