Learning to trust in the competence and commitment of agents

Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 36-82

  Smith, Michael J ^a   Desjardins, Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian Model Averaging; Bayesian updating; Decision theory; Evolutionary games; Game theory; Harsanyi transformation; IPD; Learning; Pavlov; Prisoner's dilemma; Q learning; Reputation; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 58049182057     PISSN: 13872532     EISSN: 15737454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10458-008-9055-8     Document Type: Article

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