An optimal coalition formation among buyer agents based on a genetic algorithm

Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (Subseries of Lecture Notes in Computer Science)

Volumn 2718, Issue , 2003, Pages 759-767

  Hyodo, Masaki ^a   Matsuo, Tokuro ^a   Ito, Takayuki ^a  

^a JAPAN ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electronic commerce; Genetic algorithms; Group buying; Internet applications

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMMERCE; COSTS; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; EXPERT SYSTEMS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; INTERNET; LEARNING ALGORITHMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PURCHASING;

COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS; EFFICIENT TIME; EXHAUSTIVE SEARCH ALGORITHMS; GROUP BUYING; INTERNET APPLICATION; OPTIMAL ALLOCATION PROBLEMS; OPTIMAL COALITION; SEARCH ALGORITHMS;

SALES; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

BRUTE SEARCH ALGORITHM; EXHAUSTIVE SEARCH ALGORITHM; GROUP BUYING; OPTIMAL ALLOCATION PROBLEM;

EID: 7044285798     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-45034-3_77     Document Type: Conference Paper

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