AgentsInternational: Integration of multiple agents, simulation, knowledge bases and fuzzy logic for international marketing decision making

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 2580-2587

  Li, Shuliang ^a   Li, Jim Zheng ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision support; Expert system; Fuzzy logic; Hybrid intelligent system; Intelligent software agent; International marketing decision making; Simulation

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT; HYBRID INTELLIGENT SYSTEM; INTELLIGENT SOFTWARE AGENT; INTERNATIONAL MARKETING DECISION MAKING; SIMULATION;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; EXPERT SYSTEMS; FUZZY LOGIC; FUZZY SETS; HYBRID SYSTEMS; INTEGRATION; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MARKETING; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE AGENTS;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 70449525307     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2009.08.022     Document Type: Article

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