Learning algorithms for single-instance electronic negotiations using the time-dependent behavioral tactic

ACM Transactions on Internet Technology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 195-230

  Mok, Wilson Wai Ho ^a,b   Sundarraj, R P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b University of Waterloo ^*  (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Electronic agents; Electronic commerce; Electronic negotiation; Learning; Time dependent tactic

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; ESTIMATION; INTERNET; LEARNING SYSTEMS;

ELECTRONIC AGENTS; ELECTRONIC NEGOTIATION; LEARNING; TIME-DEPENDENT TACTIC;

LEARNING ALGORITHMS;

EID: 16244397698     PISSN: 15335399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1052934.1052941     Document Type: Article

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