Firefly-inspired synchronization for improved dynamic pricing in online markets

Proceedings - 2nd IEEE International Conference on Self-Adaptive and Self-Organizing Systems, SASO 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 403-412

  Jumadinova, Janyl ^a   Dasgupta, Prithviraj ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CYBERNETICS; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; EARNINGS; ECONOMICS; HEURISTIC METHODS; LEARNING ALGORITHMS; SOFTWARE AGENTS; SYNCHRONIZATION;

CHALLENGING PROBLEMS; DISTRIBUTED SYNCHRONIZATIONS; DYNAMIC PRICING; MARKET DYNAMICS; ON DYNAMICS; ONLINE MARKETS; PRICEBOTS; PRICING MECHANISMS; PRICING STRATEGIES; PRIVATE INFORMATIONS; SIMULATION RESULTS;

COSTS;

EID: 57949113566     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SASO.2008.26     Document Type: Conference Paper

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