A multi-agent DSS for supporting e-commerce decisions

Journal of Computer Information Systems

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 87-94

  Vahidov, Rustam ^a   Fazlollahi, Rijan ^b  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent Technology; Decision Support Systems; Electronic Commerce; Investment Problem; Multi Agent Systems

Indexed keywords

AGENT TECHNOLOGY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS (DSS); INVESTMENT PROBLEMS; MULTI-AGENT SYSTEMS;

AIR CONDITIONING; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CYBERNETICS; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DECISION THEORY; HEATING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INVESTMENTS; ROBOTICS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; VENTILATION; WORLD WIDE WEB;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 1042277542     PISSN: 08874417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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