Efficient methods for automated multi-issue negotiation: Negotiating over a two-part tariff

International Journal of Intelligent Systems

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 99-119

  Somefun, D J A ^a   Gerding, E H ^a   La Poutre J A ^b  

^a CWI   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; PROBLEM SOLVING; SEARCH ENGINES;

BARGAINING STRATEGIES; COMPUTER EXPERIMENTS; PARETO-SEARCH METHODS;

INTELLIGENT AGENTS;

EID: 33645304626     PISSN: 08848173     EISSN: 1098111X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/int.20122     Document Type: Article

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