Artificial agents play the "Mad Mex trust game": A computational approach

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Volumn 2002-January, Issue , 2002, Pages 389-398

  Wu, D J ^a   Kimbrough, S O ^b   Zhong, Fang ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Business; Consumer electronics; Educational institutions; Electronic commerce; Environmental economics; Games; Internet; Investments; Knowledge management; Security

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; CONSUMER ELECTRONICS; E-LEARNING; ECONOMICS; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; INDUSTRY; INTERNET; INVESTMENTS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

CO-OPERATIVE BEHAVIORS; COMPUTATIONAL APPROACH; EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS; EFFECTIVE MECHANISMS; ELECTRONIC MARKET; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GAMES; SECURITY;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84948692330     PISSN: 15301605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.2002.993887     Document Type: Conference Paper

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