Decision making of negotiation agents using markov chains

Multiagent and Grid Systems

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 5-23

  An, Bo ^a   Sim, Kwang Mong ^b   Miao, Chun Yan ^c   Shen, Zhi Qi ^d  

^a Biologically Inspired Neural and Dynamical Systems Laboratory   (United States)

^b HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Automated negotiation; Markov chains; Negotiation agents

Indexed keywords

CHAINS; COMMERCE; MARKOV PROCESSES;

COMPLEX NEGOTIATION; DECISION-MAKING STRATEGIES; MARKET DYNAMICS; MARKOV CHAIN MODELS; NEGOTIATION AGENTS; NEGOTIATION OUTCOMES; NEGOTIATION PROCESS; TRADING PARTNERS;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 85006129666     PISSN: 15741702     EISSN: 18759076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/MGS-2008-4102     Document Type: Article

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