Satisficing negotiations

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

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 4-18

  Archibald, James K ^a   Hill, Jared C ^a   Johnson, F Ryan ^a   Stirling, Wynn C ^a  

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

Author keywords

Altruism; Bayesian networks; Game theory; Negotiations; Rationality; Satisficing; Sociology

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; GAME THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOCIAL SCIENCES COMPUTING;

ALTRUISM; BAYESIAN NETWORKS; NEGOTIATION PROTOCOLS; RATIONALITY; SOCIOLOGY;

DECISION THEORY;

EID: 33644927504     PISSN: 10946977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSMCC.2005.860571     Document Type: Article

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