AN AGENT MARKETPLACE SUPPORTING NEGOTIATION FOR BUSINESS TO BUSINESS

K.S.  Islam; C.K.  Roy; M.M.  Rahman

doi:10.53808/KUS.2001.3.2.0137-mb

Authors

K.S. Islam Computer Science and Engineering Discipline. Khulna University
C.K. Roy Computer Science and Engineering Discipline. Khulna University
M.M. Rahman Business Administration Discipline, School of Business, Khulna University, Khulna 9208, Bangladesh

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53808/KUS.2001.3.2.0137-mb

Keywords:

Business to Business, Electronic Marketplace, Producer, Negotiation, Consumer, Agent Role.

Abstract

Agents are able to support negotiation for business activities in a distributed and heterogeneous environment and application areas e.g. e-commerce. In this paper, we present a model for electronic marketplace supporting business to business negotiation for different types of goods and services. The agents of our marketplace could be implemented efficiently using an agent development environment e.g. JADE in compliance with FIPA specification for interoperable intelligent multi-agent systems.

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