B2C e-commerce is becoming more widespread as more people come to recognize its
convenience and its ability to rapidly respond to requests and as more products and …

Electronic commerce has changed traditional business trading behaviors, since consumers
can easily consume through the Internet e-commerce platform. The Internet provides …

Autonomous agents are being used in an increasing number of applications. The agents
operate in complex environments and, over time, conflicts inevitably occur among them …

Existing models of negotiation as a process are incomplete and do not show an overall, start
to finish lifecycle. Current phase based models lack clearly defined criteria that identify …

The electricity industry has undergone enormous changes and market forces drive now the
price of energy. This paper focuses on retail markets in which end-use customers can …

Electricity markets are systems for effecting the purchase and sale of electricity using supply
and demand to set energy prices. Pool prices tend to change quickly and variations are …

Increasing demand for sophisticated software capable to collaborate, control, and organize
all distributed activities has encouraged researchers in various disciplines to utilize and …

Software agents are flexible, autonomous, and dynamic computational entities. For B2C e-
commerce applications, the wide variety of choices to the consumers has also introduced …

Electricity markets (EMs) are a complex evolving reality--new players and new business
models are emerging and market rules are constantly changing. As EMs continue to evolve …

The programs and actions to rationalize energy consumption and increase energy
efficiency, such as demand-side management (DSM) and demand response (DR), are …