Towards open decentralized self-learning negotiation environment for business ecosystems

Proceedings of the 2007 2nd International Conference on Communication System Software and Middleware and Workshops, COMSWARE 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Telesca, Luigi ^a  

^a CREATE NET   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agent technologies; Business ecosystems; Contracts; Decision support systems; Digital business ecosystems; Negotiation support systems; Open source

Indexed keywords

CONTRACTS; COST REDUCTION; DECENTRALIZED CONTROL; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; LEARNING SYSTEMS;

AGENT TECHNOLOGIES; BUSINESS ECOSYSTEMS; DIGITAL BUSINESS ECOSYSTEMS; NEGOTIATION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; OPEN SOURCE;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 34748846251     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/COMSWA.2007.382419     Document Type: Conference Paper

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