Agent-Mediated Electronic Commerce III : Current Issues in Agent-Based Electronic Commerce Systems

by Dignum, Frank; Cortes, U.

• ISBN13: 9783540417491
• ISBN10: 3540417494
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-03-01
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

This book presents 12 revised full papers on Agent-Mediated Electronic Commerce: seven papers were initially presented at the AMEC 2000 Workshop and the five others were solicited by the volume editors in order to achieve competent coverage of all relevant topics.The book is divided in topical sections on electronic negotiation models for agents, formal issues for agents operating on electronic market places, virtual trading institutions and platforms, and trading strategies for interrelated transactions.

Table of Contents

Section I: Electronic Negotiation Models for Agents
Bilateral Negotiation Model for Agent-Mediated Electronic Commerce	1	(14)
Gustavo de Paula
Francisco Ramos
Geber Ramalho
Multi-attribute Utility Theoretic Negotiation for Electronic Commerce	15	(16)
Mihai Barbuceanu
Wai-Kau Lo
On Constraint-Based Reasoning in e-Negotiation Agents	31	(16)
Ryszard Kowalczyk
Van Bui
Section II: Formal Issues for Agents that Operate on Electronic Market Places
Integrating Interaction Protocols and Internet Protocols for Agent-Mediated E-Commerce	47	(23)
Alexander Artikis
Frank Guerin
Jeremy Pitt
Issues in the Design of Negotiation Protocols for Logic-Based Agent Communication Languages	70	(14)
Michael Wooldridge
Simon Parsons
A Formal Description of a Practical Agent for E-Commerce	84	(12)
Matteo Pradella
Marco Colombetti
Section III: Virtual Trading Institutions and Platforms
A Platform for Electronic Commerce with Adaptive Agents	96	(12)
Henrique Lopes Cardoso
Eugenio Oliveira
Trading without Explicit Ontologies	108	(13)
Michael Schroeder
Julie McCann
Daniel Haynes
Customer Coalitions in Electronic Markets	121	(18)
Maksim Tsvetovat
Katia Sycara
Yian Chen
James Ying
Section IV: Trading Strategies for Interrelated Transactions
Algorithm Design for Agents which Participate in Multiple Simultaneous Auctions	139	(16)
Chris Preist
Claudio Bartolini
Ivan Phillips
Agent Strategies on DPB Auction Tournaments	155	(18)
Javier Bejar
Ulises Cortes
To Bid or Not To Bid; Agent Strategies in Electronic Auction Games	173	(20)
Javier Bejar
Juan A. Rodriguez-Aguilar
Author Index	193