Modeling e-marketplaces with multi-agents Web services

This paper proposes a multi-agent Web Services framework for e-marketplaces in which templates are defined as generic processes so as to enable seamless integration and collaboration amongst services within and across e-marketplaces. The proposed framework is based on a novel generic trading model of e-marketplaces. The significance of the proposed framework is to facilitate interactions with e-marketplaces. The framework is implemented using multi-agent and Web service technologies. The evaluation is performed through a case study of auction-supported mutual fund e-marketplace.

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