A parallel bargaining protocol for automated sourcing of construction suppliers

Automation in Construction

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 365-373

  Ng, S Thomas ^a   Li, Wentao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Construction material; Multi Agent System; Parallel bargaining; Supplier

Indexed keywords

CONTRACTS; DECISION MAKING; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

BIDDING; PARALLEL BARGAINING; SUPPLIER;

BUILDING MATERIALS;

EID: 33644701042     PISSN: 09265805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autcon.2005.07.004     Document Type: Article

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