Efficient management of multi-linked negotiation based on a formalized model

Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 165-205

  Zhang, Xiaoqin ^a   Lesser, Victor ^b   Abdallah, Sherief ^b  

^a University of Massachusetts Dartmouth   (United States)

^b The Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent reasoning and control; Conflict resolution; Multiple related negotiations; Performance optimization

Indexed keywords

AGENT REASONING AND CONTROL; CONFLICT RESOLUTION; MULTIPLE RELATED NEGOTIATIONS; PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION;

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; HARDWARE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 14744290358     PISSN: 13872532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10458-004-6978-6     Document Type: Article

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