Matchmaking is the process of mediating demand and supply based on profile information. Matchmaking plays a crucial role in agent-based electronic marketplaces: the problem to be solved is to find the most appropriate agents, products, or services for a task, negotiation, or market transaction....

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...