Information flow in a distributed agent-based online auction system

  • Authors:

  • Sorin Ilie;Costin Bădică;Amelia Bădică;Liviu Sandu;Raluca Sbora;Maria Ganzha;Marcin Paprzycki

  • Affiliations:

  • University of Craiova, Craiova, Romania;University of Craiova, Craiova, Romania;University of Craiova, A. I. Cuza, Craiova, Romania;University of Craiova, Craiova, Romania;University of Craiova, Craiova, Romania;Systems Research Institute, Warszawa, Poland;Systems Research Institute, Warszawa, Poland

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Web Intelligence, Mining and Semantics
  • Year:
  • 2012

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Abstract

Recently we were involved in the development of a distributed agent-based English auction server. The focus of the work was on emphasizing the advantages brought by the multi-agent systems technology to the high-level of abstraction, modularity and performance of the server architecture, and its implementation. Less effort was spent on the analysis of its external functionalities and usability, as well as on approaching the implementation of a realistic system for online auctions. Therefore, in this paper we present our solution, in terms of information flow management, and its relation to the functionalities of the system for online auctions that incorporates our server. The main outcome of this work is a clean specification of the information exchanges between the agent and non-agent software components of the system. Special attention is also provided for the interoperability of the different data communication, and agent and non-agent software technologies that are employed for the implementation of the system.