Integrative negotiation among agents situated in organizations

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics Part C: Applications and Reviews

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 19-30

  Zhang, Xiaoqin ^a   Lesser, Victor ^b   Wagner, Tom ^c  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^b Biologically Inspired Neural and Dynamical Systems Laboratory   (United States)

^c DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Group and organizational dynamics; Integrative negotiation; Motivation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

COMPLEX ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT; GROUP DYNAMICS; INTEGRATIVE NEGOTIATION; ORGANIZATIONAL DYNAMICS;

GAME THEORY;

EID: 33644904564     PISSN: 10946977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSMCC.2005.860572     Document Type: Article

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