A dialectical approach to enable decision making in online trading

Wei Bai*, Emmanuel Tadjouddine, Terry Payne

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Software agents, acting on behalf of humans, have been identified as an important solution for future electronic markets. Such agents can make their own decisions given prior preferences and the market environment. These preferences can be described using web ontology languages (OWL), while the market can be represented in a machine-understandable way by utilizing the technique of Semantic Web Services (SWS). Besides, SWS enables agents to automatically discover, select, compose and invoke services. To extend the dependability and interactivity of SWS, we have utilized dialogue games and the proof-carrying code to enable buyers interact with sellers, so that interest properties for an online auction market can be automatically certified. Our decision making framework combines formal proofs with informal evidence collected by web services in a dialogue game between a seller and a buyer. We have implemented our approach and experimental results have demonstrated the feasibility as well as the validity of this framework as an enabler for a buyer agent to enter or not an online auction.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMulti-Agent Systems and Agreement Technologies - 13th European Conference, EUMAS 2015 and 3rd International Conference, AT 2015, Revised Selected Papers
EditorsGeorge Vouros, Michael Rovatsos, Vicente Julian
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages203-218
Number of pages16
ISBN (Print)9783319335087
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2016
Event13th European Conference on Multi-Agent Systems, EUMAS 2015 and 3rd International Conference on Agreement Technologies, AT 2015 - Athens, Greece
Duration: 17 Dec 201518 Dec 2015

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume9571
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference13th European Conference on Multi-Agent Systems, EUMAS 2015 and 3rd International Conference on Agreement Technologies, AT 2015
Country/TerritoryGreece
CityAthens
Period17/12/1518/12/15

Keywords

  • Decision making
  • Dialogue games
  • Online auction
  • Semantic web services

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