A reinforcement learning model for economic agent specialization

Proceedings of the 23rd International Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Society Conference, FLAIRS-23

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 20-25

  Cockburn, Denton ^a   Kobti, Ziad ^a   Kohler, Timothy A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGENT-BASED MODEL; ECONOMIC AGENTS; REINFORCEMENT LEARNING MODELS; SOCIAL AGENTS; SOCIAL NETWORKS; TRADE SURPLUS; TRADING PARTNERS;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE;

COMMERCE;

EID: 77957860151     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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