Meta-level Coordination for Solving Distributed Negotiation Chains in Semi-cooperative Multi-agent Systems

Group Decision and Negotiation

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 681-713

  Zhang, Xiaoqin Shelley ^a   Lesser, Victor ^b  

^a University of Massachusetts Dartmouth   (United States)

^b University of Massachusetts Amherst   (United States)

Author keywords

Flexibility; Multi linked negotiation; Negotiation chain; Semi cooperative systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877923654     PISSN: 09262644     EISSN: 15729907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10726-012-9287-5     Document Type: Article

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