Empirical methods for artificial intelligence
Empirical methods for artificial intelligence
An introduction to genetic algorithms
An introduction to genetic algorithms
Distributed rational decision making
Multiagent systems
ATTac-2000: an adaptive autonomous bidding agent
Proceedings of the fifth international conference on Autonomous agents
Insights and analyses of online auctions
Communications of the ACM
Bid determination in simultaneous actions an agent architecture
Proceedings of the 3rd ACM conference on Electronic Commerce
Decision procedures for multiple auctions
Proceedings of the first international joint conference on Autonomous agents and multiagent systems: part 2
Autonomous Bidding Agents in the Trading Agent Competition
IEEE Internet Computing
A Mathematical Analysis of Tournament Selection
Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Genetic Algorithms
A Dynamic Programming Model for Algorithm Design in Simultaneous Auctions
WELCOM '01 Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Electronic Commerce
Determining Successful Negotiation Strategies: An Evolutionary Approach
ICMAS '98 Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Multi Agent Systems
SouthamptonTAC: An adaptive autonomous trading agent
ACM Transactions on Internet Technology (TOIT)
On Agent-Mediated Electronic Commerce
IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering
BiddingBot: A Multiagent Support System for Cooperative Bidding in Multiple Auctions
ICMAS '00 Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on MultiAgent Systems (ICMAS-2000)
An Architecture for Assembling Agents that Participate in Alternative Heterogeneous Auctions
RIDE '02 Proceedings of the 12th International Workshop on Research Issues in Data Engineering: Engineering E-Commerce/E-Business Systems (RIDE'02)
SouthamptonTAC: An adaptive autonomous trading agent
ACM Transactions on Internet Technology (TOIT)
A heuristic bidding strategy for multiple heterogeneous auctions
ICEC '03 Proceedings of the 5th international conference on Electronic commerce
Probabilistic Automated Bidding in Multiple Auctions
Electronic Commerce Research
Autonomous Adaptive Agents for Single Seller Sealed Bid Auctions
Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems
The sequential auction problem on eBay: an empirical analysis and a solution
EC '06 Proceedings of the 7th ACM conference on Electronic commerce
A heuristic bidding strategy for buying multiple goods in multiple english auctions
ACM Transactions on Internet Technology (TOIT)
Optimal design of english auctions with discrete bid levels
ACM Transactions on Internet Technology (TOIT)
Resource trading using cognitive agents: A hybrid perspective and its simulation
Future Generation Computer Systems
The effects of proxy bidding and minimum bid increments within eBay auctions
ACM Transactions on the Web (TWEB)
Decision making in multi-issue e-market auction using fuzzy techniques and negotiable attitudes
Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research
Using Agent's Eagerness and Competition in Automated Bidding Strategy
WI-IAT '08 Proceedings of the 2008 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence and Intelligent Agent Technology - Volume 01
An options-based solution to the sequential auction problem
Artificial Intelligence
Heuristic Bidding Strategies for Multiple Heterogeneous Auctions
Proceedings of the 2006 conference on ECAI 2006: 17th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence August 29 -- September 1, 2006, Riva del Garda, Italy
Sellers competing for buyers in online markets: reserve prices, shill bids, and auction fees
IJCAI'07 Proceedings of the 20th international joint conference on Artifical intelligence
An auction method for resource allocation in computational grids
Future Generation Computer Systems
Competing sellers in online markets: reserve prices, shill bidding, and auction fees
TADA/AMEC'06 Proceedings of the 2006 AAMAS workshop and TADA/AMEC 2006 conference on Agent-mediated electronic commerce: automated negotiation and strategy design for electronic markets
Using attribute and attitude assessment for bidding in automated auctions
Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Information Integration and Web-based Applications & Services
Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems
Sequential auctions for common value objects with budget constrained bidders
Multiagent and Grid Systems - Advances in Agent-mediated Automated Negotiations
The Clock Proxy Auction for Allocating Radio Spectrum Licenses
Computational Economics
A comparison of advance resource reservation bidding strategies in sequential ascending auctions
APWeb'05 Proceedings of the 7th Asia-Pacific web conference on Web Technologies Research and Development
rBundle: an iterative combinatorial auction-based approach to supporting advance reservation
GCC'05 Proceedings of the 4th international conference on Grid and Cooperative Computing
A conceptual framework for automated negotiation systems
IDEAL'06 Proceedings of the 7th international conference on Intelligent Data Engineering and Automated Learning
An options-based method to solve the composability problem in sequential auctions
AAMAS'04 Proceedings of the 6th AAMAS international conference on Agent-Mediated Electronic Commerce: theories for and Engineering of Distributed Mechanisms and Systems
An overview of cooperative and competitive multiagent learning
LAMAS'05 Proceedings of the First international conference on Learning and Adaption in Multi-Agent Systems
Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems
International Journal of Agent Technologies and Systems
A fuzzy attitude based bidding strategy in continuous double auctions
Web Intelligence and Agent Systems
Web Intelligence and Agent Systems
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Due to the proliferation of online auctions, there is an increasing need to monitor and bid in multiple auctions in order to procure the best deal for the desired good. To this end, this paper reports on the development of a heuristic decision making framework that an autonomous agent can exploit to tackle the problem of bidding across multiple auctions with varying start and end times and with varying protocols (including English, Dutch and Vickrey). The framework is flexible, configurable, and enables the agent to adopt varying tactics and strategies that attempt to ensure that the desired item is delivered in a manner consistent with the user's preferences. Given this large space of possibilities, we employ a genetic algorithm to search (offline) for effective strategies in common classes of environment. The strategies that emerge from this evolution are then codified into the agent's reasoning behaviour so that it can select the most appropriate strategy to employ in its prevailing circumstances. The proposed framework has been implemented in a simulated marketplace environment and its effectiveness has been empirically demonstrated.