The overall change in computing from manipulation to delegation was already predicted in the mid-90s but hitherto remains a bold vision. Although software agents have the potential of fully automating processes, real world agent-based applications are very limited in number. Even in the case of...

An electronic negotiation is a request-and-offer based communication process between agents in a market aiming at an agreement for a mutual consent deal. The process breaks in several phases, one of which is matchmaking. Matchmaking includes the determination of the relevance of a specific offer...

Electronic markets and especially online auctions gain more and more importance and a plethora of market mechanisms is emerging on the Internet. The great variety of trading rules hinders agents easily switching between different marketplaces and, therefore, fragments the overall market - supply...

Der Handel von Produktbündeln (Bundle Trading) auf Finanzmärkten kann unter anderemdurch die von Markowitz entwickelte Portfolio-Selektionstheorie sowie Optionskombinationsstrategienmotiviert werden. In der Praxis äußert sich dies durch die Existenz innovativerelektronischer Finanzmärkte,...

In coordination theory, markets stand for flexibility and dynamics. Today’s implementations of electronic marketplaces, however, limit the flexibility in a sense that processes along the market transaction are rigid and the provided functions proprietary. In order to further foster flexibility...