From logic to dialectics in legal argument
ICAIL '95 Proceedings of the 5th international conference on Artificial intelligence and law
An abstract, argumentation-theoretic approach to default reasoning
Artificial Intelligence
Bayesian learning in negotiation
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies - Evolution and learning in multiagent systems
Introduction to Multiagent Systems
Introduction to Multiagent Systems
Collaborative Decision Making: A Connectionist Paradigm for Dialectical Support
Information Systems Research
A Semantic Matching Method for Clustering Traders in B2B Systems
LA-WEB '03 Proceedings of the First Conference on Latin American Web Congress
Argument-based applications to knowledge engineering
The Knowledge Engineering Review
Frame-based argumentation for group decision task generation and identification
Decision Support Systems - Special issue: Collaborative work and knowledge management
IEEE Intelligent Systems
ARBAS: a formal language to support argumentation in network-based organizations
Journal of Management Information Systems
A machine-learning approach to automated negotiation and prospects for electronic commerce
Journal of Management Information Systems - Special issue: Information technology and its organizational impact
A Software Framework for Matchmaking Based on Semantic Web Technology
International Journal of Electronic Commerce
The design and evaluation of an intelligent sales agent for online persuasion and negotiation
Electronic Commerce Research and Applications
International Journal of Electronic Commerce
Semantic Matchmaking of Web Resources with Local Closed-World Reasoning
International Journal of Electronic Commerce
A Nonmonotonic Approach to Semantic Matchmaking and Request Refinement in E-Marketplaces
International Journal of Electronic Commerce
Journal of Management Information Systems
The generic/actual argument model of practical reasoning
Decision Support Systems
Electronic Commerce Research and Applications
Supporting rule system interoperability on the semantic web with SWRL
ISWC'05 Proceedings of the 4th international conference on The Semantic Web
E-Marketplace Emergence: Evolution, Developments and Classification
Journal of Electronic Commerce in Organizations
Measuring and analyzing agents' uncertainty in argumentation-based negotiation dialogue games
Expert Systems with Applications: An International Journal
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In existing e-marketplaces, buyers use search engines to specify conditions and to find products that match those conditions exactly. However, some products that may be potentially interesting to buyers are nearly impossible to find. This research aims to design a multi-agent e-marketplace in which buyers and sellers delegate agents to argue about products via an argumentation mechanism. This mechanism enables sellers to persuade buyers to consider purchasing products; it also helps buyers in their search for potentially interesting products. This research adopts Semantic Web technology to express agents' ontologies and proposes an information-gathering approach that supports argumentation. A prototype was developed and a laboratory experiment was conducted to assess the approach's performance. The experimental results show that the proposed mechanism is able to help buyers search for both exactly and potentially interesting products. The study also explores the reasons why searching for potentially interesting products is crucial to e-marketplaces. The proposed prototype and its attendant approach can inspire both existing and initiative e-marketplaces to design advanced product searching and recommendation mechanisms.