Strategic pricebot dynamics

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages 58-67

  Greenwald, Amy R ^a   Kephart, Jeffrey O ^a   Tesauro, Gerald J ^a  

^a IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED AGENTS; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; COMPUTATIONAL REQUIREMENTS; CONSUMER GOODS; DYNAMIC BEHAVIORS; HETEROGENEOUS COLLECTIONS; PRICING ALGORITHM;

ALGORITHMS; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; PROFITABILITY;

COSTS;

EID: 84883851254     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/336992.337008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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