We are designing a computational architecture for a "learning economy" based on personal software agents who represent users in a virtual society and assist them in find...
In e-commerce, for some cases the service requested by the consumer cannot be fulfilled by the producer. In such cases, service consumers and producers need to negotiate their ser...
Automated trust negotiation is the process of establishing trust between entities with no prior relationship through the iterative disclosure of digital credentials. One approach ...
Automated negotiation and coalition formation among self-interested agents are playing an increasingly important role in electronic commerce. Such agents cannot be coordinated by ...
Improvements in computer network infrastructures and information utilities have led to an increase in the number of social and work interactions carried out `virtually' by ge...