Modeling e-Marketplaces with multi-agents Web Services

This paper proposes a multi-agent Web Services framework for e-Marketplaces in which templates are defined as generic processes so as to enable seamless integration and collaboration amongst services within and across e-Marketplaces. The proposed framework is based on a novel generic trading model of e-Marketplaces. The significance of the proposed framework is to facilitate interactions with e-Marketplaces. The framework is implemented using multi-agent and Web Service technologies. The evaluation is performed through a case study of auction-supported mutual fund e-Marketplace. © 2005 IEEE.