A conceptual framework for modeling automated negotiations in multiagent systems

Negotiation Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 45-70

  Shirazi, Mohammad Reza Ayatollahzadeh ^a   Barfouroush, Ahmad Abdollahzadeh ^a  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Agent; Automated negotiation; Multiagent system; Negotiation

Indexed keywords

EID: 38749135768     PISSN: 07484526     EISSN: 15719979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1571-9979.2007.00166.x     Document Type: Article

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