Title :
Autonomous bidding agents in the trading agent competition
Author :
Greenwald, Amy ; Stone, Peter
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Brown Univ., Providence, RI, USA
Abstract :
Designing agents that can bid in online simultaneous auctions is a complex task. The authors describe task-specific details and strategies of agents in a trading agent competition. More specifically, the article describes the task-specific details of and the general motivations behind, the four top-scoring agents. First, we discuss general strategies used by most of the participating agents. We then report on the strategies of the four top-placing agents. We conclude with suggestions for improving the design of future trading agent competitions
Keywords :
Internet; electronic commerce; information resources; software agents; autonomous bidding agents; complex task; general motivations; online simultaneous auctions; task-specific details; top-placing agents; top-scoring agents; trading agent competition; Internet; Monitoring; Packaging; Resource management; Timing;
Journal_Title :
Internet Computing, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/4236.914648
