A Configurable Matchmaking Framework for Electronic Marketplaces

E-marketplaces constitute a major enabler of B2B and B2C e-commerce activities. This paper proposes a framework for one of the central activities of e-marketplaces: matchmaking of trading intentions lodged by market participants. The framework identifies a core set of concepts and functions that are common to all types of marketplaces and can serve as the basis for describing the distinct styles of matchmaking employed within various market mechanisms. A prototype implementation of the framework based on Web services technology is presented, illustrating its ability to be dynamically configured to meet specific market needs and its potential to serve as a foundation for more fully fledged e-marketplace frameworks

GEM: A Global Electronic Market System

1 List of Symbols and Abbreviations 3 1 Introduction 5 1.1 Motivation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1.1.1 Global Electronic Market . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1.1.2 Distributed Market Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1.1.3 Generic Market Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 1.2 Research Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 1.3 System Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 1.4 Dissertation Overview and Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 2 Related Work 13 2.1 An Overview of Auction Mechanisms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 2.1.1 Double Sided Auctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 2.1.2 Single Sided Auctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 2.2 Examples of Markets and Online Auctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 2.2.1 Stock Markets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 2.2.2 Onl..

Integration and Mediation of Information Sources in an Open Market Environment

Providing and accessing scientific information will increasingly follow a strict market regimen. Needed is a system architecture that supports an information market that is open, heterogeneous and dynamic. The objective of the paper is to find answers to the design of novel intermediaries that serve two purposes: to make the market truly open by easing the integration of existing and new providers, and still to maintain market transparency for customers and providers

Scalability and robustness of a network resource allocation system using market-based agents

agent, communications network, market, resource allocation, scalability, robustness,