Enacting agent-based services for automated procurement

Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 183-199

  Giovannucci, A ^a   Rodriguez Aguilar J A ^a   Reyes, A ^b   Noria, F X ^b   Cerquides, Jesús ^c  

^a ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE RESEARCH INSTITUTE IIIA CSIC   (Spain)

^b Intelligent Software Components S A 08190 Sant Cugat del Vallès   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agents; Artificial intelligence; e Commerce; Integer programming; Negotiation; Open agent systems; Optimization; Scalability

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CONSTRAINT THEORY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; INTEGER PROGRAMMING;

AUTOMATED PROCUREMENT; COMPUTATIONAL COSTS;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 40849124394     PISSN: 09521976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engappai.2007.04.006     Document Type: Article

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