Asking the right question: Risk and expectation in multiagent contracting

Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing: AIEDAM

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 173-186

  Babanov, Alexander ^a   Collins, John ^a   Gini, Maria ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated auctions; Expected utility; Multiagent contracting; Optimization; Risk estimation

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; COSTS; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SALES; SCHEDULING;

AUTOMATED AUCTIONS; EXPECTED UTILITY; MULTIAGENT CONTRACTING; RISK ESTIMATION;

OUTSOURCING;

EID: 0346639128     PISSN: 08900604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0890060403173027     Document Type: Article

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