Mobile agent strategies for the provision of public goods: An experimental study

被引：15
作者：
Martens, R.
Paranjape, R.
Benedicenti, L.
Sankaran, S.
Sadanand, A.
机构：
[1] SaskTel, Res & Dev, Regina, SK S4P 3Y2, Canada
[2] Univ Regina, Fac Adm, Regina, SK S4S 0A2, Canada
[3] Univ Guelph, Dept Econ, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada
来源：
ELECTRONIC COMMERCE RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS | 2006年 / 5卷 / 02期
关键词：
economic games; e-commerce; mobile software agents; e-consumers behaviour; collaborative commerce;
D O I：
10.1016/j.elerap.2005.10.008
中图分类号：
F [经济];
学科分类号：
02 ;
摘要：
This paper experimentally examines the behaviour of mobile software agents (MAs) as they use various contribution strategies towards the provision of a threshold public good. By combining the e-commerce and economics elements of the contribution game together with MA technology, we present an e. ective tool for analysis of these elements. Through use of this tool we have produced a large set of threshold contribution game experimental results. From analysis of the results, observations are made that highlight the e. ectiveness of using MAs to represent players in an economic game. These observations consist of player strategy analysis, player strategy evaluation, and system equilibrium analysis. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码：140 / 146
页数：7
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