Experimental economics and experimental computer science: A survey

Proceedings of the 2007 Workshop on Experimental Computer Science

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Grossklags, Jens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Experimental economics; Experimental methodology; Human subjects

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL ECONOMICS; EXPERIMENTAL METHODOLOGY; HUMAN AGENTS; HUMAN SUBJECTS; P2P NETWORKS; TECHNICAL SYSTEM;

ECONOMICS; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; ROUTING PROTOCOLS;

COMPUTER SCIENCE;

EID: 37848998725     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1281700.1281711     Document Type: Article

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