Learning-based automated negotiation between shipper and forwarder

Computers and Industrial Engineering

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 464-481

  Rau, Hsin ^a   Tsai, Mou Hsing ^a   Chen, Chao Wen ^a   Shiang, Wei Jung ^a  

^a CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Learning; Negotiation; Trade off mechanism

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DECISION THEORY; FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION; FUNCTION EVALUATION; INTELLIGENT AGENTS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; NEURAL NETWORKS;

FORWARDERS; NEGOTIATIONS; SHIPPERS; TRADEOFF MECHANISM;

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 33750737434     PISSN: 03608352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cie.2006.08.008     Document Type: Article

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