Bilateral negotiation decisions with uncertain dynamic outside options

Proceedings - First IEEE International Workshop on Electronic Contracting, WEC 2004

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 54-61

  Li, Cuihong ^a   Giampapa, Joseph ^b   Sycara, Katia ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

E-CONTRACTING; MULTITHREADED MODEL; NEGOTIATION MODEL; SINGLE-THREADED NEGOTIATIONS;

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; CONTRACTS; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; FUNCTIONS; LIBRARIES; SYNCHRONIZATION;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 11244261410     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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