A simple shill bidding agent

Proceedings - International Conference on Information Technology-New Generations, ITNG 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 766-771

  Trevathan, Jarrod ^a   Read, Wayne ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COST ACCOUNTING; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

BIDDING AGENT; SIMULATED MARKETPLACE;

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS;

EID: 34548127041     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ITNG.2007.20     Document Type: Conference Paper

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