Improving user satisfaction in agent-based electronic marketplaces by reputation modelling and adjustable product quality

Proceedings of the Third International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, AAMAS 2004

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages 828-835

  Tran, Thomas ^a   Cohen, Robin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COSTS; DISTRIBUTION OF GOODS; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MARKETING; PRODUCTIVITY; QUALITY OF SERVICE; SALES;

BUYING AGENTS; MARKETPLACES; REINFORCEMENT LEARNING; SELLING AGENTS;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 4544220420     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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