A protocol for multi-agent negotiation in a group-choice decision making process

Journal of Network and Computer Applications

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1173-1195

  Wanyama, Tom ^a   Homayoun Far, Behrouz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Decision supports system; Multi criteria decision making; Negotiation

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; GAME THEORY; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

GROUP-CHOICE DECISION MAKING (GCDM); MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; NEGOTIATION PROTOCOL;

NETWORK PROTOCOLS;

EID: 34047162879     PISSN: 10848045     EISSN: 10958592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnca.2006.04.009     Document Type: Article

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