BEST PRACTICES AGENT PATTERNS FOR ON-LINE AUCTIONS

Manuel Kolp, Ivan Jureta, Stéphane Faulkner

2005

Abstract

Today high volume of goods and services is being traded using online auction systems. The growth in size and complexity of architectures to support online auctions requires the use of distributed and cooperative software techniques. In this context, the agent software development paradigm seems appropriate both for their modelling, development and implementation. This paper proposes an agent-oriented patterns analysis of best practices for online auction. The patterns are intended to help both IT managers and software engineers during the requirement specification of an on-line auction system while integrating benefits of agent software engineering.

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Kolp M., Jureta I. and Faulkner S. (2005). BEST PRACTICES AGENT PATTERNS FOR ON-LINE AUCTIONS . In Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 4: ICEIS, ISBN 972-8865-19-8, pages 188-193. DOI: 10.5220/0002550401880193


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@conference{iceis05,
author={Manuel Kolp and Ivan Jureta and Stéphane Faulkner},
title={BEST PRACTICES AGENT PATTERNS FOR ON-LINE AUCTIONS},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 4: ICEIS,},
year={2005},
pages={188-193},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002550401880193},
isbn={972-8865-19-8},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 4: ICEIS,
TI - BEST PRACTICES AGENT PATTERNS FOR ON-LINE AUCTIONS
SN - 972-8865-19-8
AU - Kolp M.
AU - Jureta I.
AU - Faulkner S.
PY - 2005
SP - 188
EP - 193
DO - 10.5220/0002550401880193