A learning algorithm for buying and selling agents in electronic marketplaces

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 2338, Issue , 2002, Pages 31-43

  Tran, Thomas ^a   Cohen, Robin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

E-LEARNING; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; INTELLIGENT AGENTS; REINFORCEMENT LEARNING; SALES;

BUYERS AND SELLERS; COMMUNICATION LOAD; ELECTRONIC MARKET; ELECTRONIC MARKETPLACES; EXPECTED PROFITS; EXPECTED VALUES; LOW QUALITIES; ROBUST SYSTEMS;

LEARNING ALGORITHMS;

EID: 84974663245     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-47922-8_3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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