Mechanisms for Coalition Formation and Cost Sharing in an Electronic Marketplace

Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Electronic Commerce

Volumn 5, Issue , 2003, Pages 68-77

  Li, Cuihong ^a   Rajan, Uday ^a   Chawla, Shuchi ^b   Sycara, Katia ^c  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Carnegie Mellon University   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST SHARING; ELECTRONIC MARKETPLACE;

BUDGET CONTROL; COMPETITION; CORRELATION METHODS; COSTS;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 1142280370     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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