A layered approach to complex negotiations

Web Intelligence and Agent Systems

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 91-104

  Zhang, Xiaoqin ^a   Lesser, Victor ^b   Wagner, Tom ^c  

^a University of Massachusetts Dartmouth   (United States)

^b The Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences   (United States)

^c DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; DECISION MAKING; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

LAYERED NEGOTIATION; MULTI-AGENT SYSTEMS; NEGOTIATION; ORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIP;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 4143089094     PISSN: 15701263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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