Abstract Machines powered by artificial intelligence increasingly mediate our social, cultural,
economic and political interactions. Understanding the behaviour of artificial intelligence …

The current electricity networks were not initially designed for the high integration of variable
generation technologies. They suffer significant losses due to the combustion of fossil fuels …

The accelerated development in peer‐to‐peer and Grid computing has positioned them as
promising next‐generation computing platforms. They enable the creation of virtual …

Artificial intelligence (AI) is starting to pervade the economic and social life. This renders
strategic interactions between humans and artificial agents more and more common. At the …

Computational Grids, emerging as an infrastructure for next generation computing, enable
the sharing, selection, and aggregation of geographically distributed resources for solving …

This paper surveys and analyzes the state of the art of agent-mediated electronic commerce
(e-commerce), concentrating particularly on the business-to-consumer (B2C) and business …

This paper develops a fuzzy constraint based model for bilateral multi-issue negotiation in
trading environments. In particular, we are concerned with the principled negotiation …

There is a veritable menagerie of auctions—single-dimensional, multi-dimensional, single-
sided, double-sided, first-price, second-price, English, Dutch, Japanese, sealed-bid—and …

Smart Grid technology is recognized as a key component of the solution to challenges such
as the increasing electric demand, an aging utility infrastructure and workforce, and the …

In this paper, we describe a novel bidding strategy that autonomous trading agents can use
to participate in Continuous Double Auctions (CDAs). Our strategy is based on both short …