Probabilistic automated bidding in multiple auctions

Electronic Commerce Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 25-49

  Dumas, Marlon ^a   Aldred, Lachlan ^a   Governatori, Guido ^b   Ter Hofstede, Arthur H M ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bidding agents; Bidding strategy; Online auctions

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; PROBABILITY;

BIDDING AGENTS; BIDDING STRATEGY; ONLINE AUCTIONS; PLANNING ALGORITHMS; PREDICTION METHODS; PROBABILISTICS; PROBABILITY FUNCTIONS;

COSTS;

EID: 27444446095     PISSN: 13895753     EISSN: 15729362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:ELEC.0000045972.75533.90     Document Type: Conference Paper

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