Real-Time tactical and strategic sales management for intelligent agents guided by economic regimes

Information Systems Research

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1263-1283

  Ketter, Wolfgang ^a   Collins, John ^b   Gini, Maria ^b   Gupta, Alok ^c   Schrater, Paul ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent mediated electronic commerce; Dynamic markets; Dynamic pricing; Economic regimes; Enabling technologies; Price forecasting; Supply chain; Trading agent competition

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; ECONOMICS; FORECASTING; INTELLIGENT AGENTS; SALES; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; SUPPLY CHAINS;

AGENT MEDIATED ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; DYNAMIC MARKET; DYNAMIC PRICING; ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES; PRICE FORECASTING; TRADING AGENT COMPETITION;

COSTS;

EID: 84871536412     PISSN: 10477047     EISSN: 15265536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/isre.1110.0415     Document Type: Article

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