Negotiation Policies for E-Procurement by Multi Agent Systems

Value Added ◽

Added Value ◽

Multi Agent Systems ◽

Agent Systems ◽

Global Performance ◽

Multi Agent ◽

Business To Business

The development of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) allowed the enterprises to adopt an e-marketplace approach to Business to Business (B2B) applications. In particular, these kind of applications are demonstrating their capacity to provide real added value to manufacturing industries by allowing their global performance to increase. The implementation of the e-marketplace by firms is not considered an easy job because of the lack of automation: the human participation is still in all stages of the B2B process. The chapter proposes a three value added services: workflow design, Multi Agent System and negotiation approach. In particular, two negotiation, an auction and single round approaches with three customer behaviors are proposed. A simulation environment is developed in order to test the proposed approaches. The simulations have been conducted in several scenarios in order to highlight what is the best approach to perform.

E-integrator of LBP-Provider of Logistics Barter

International Journal of Engineering & Technology ◽

10.14419/ijet.v7i4.7.20543 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 7 (4.7) ◽

pp. 197

Author(s):

Lenar V. Gabdullin ◽

Rinat A. Bikulov ◽

Ilnaz M. Khamitov ◽

Yuliya S. Stepanova

Keyword(s):

Supply Chains ◽

Mathematical Concept ◽

Added Value ◽

Commodity Exchange ◽

Alternative Economy

Logistic barter is a normal commodity exchange among producers where one thing is exchanged to another without monetary pay on the basis of globally integrated trade procedure. The approach of barter logistics is not abandon money, however ignores it among producers. Logistics has touched and touches such heights, while the requirement for a "universal equivalent of goods" among producers could simply cease to exist [1]. A powerful combination of logistics and e-commerce is expected to lead to significant changes in the overall business landscape. E-commerce will provide an opportunity for many companies to make the necessary communications and conclude transactions with each other, and logistics will provide an opportunity to more effectively use this information to manage activities in their business. Instead of a two-way relationship between the supplier and the customer, the business will increasingly be based on networks of supply chains, made up of groups of suppliers and customer groups [2]. E-commerce, e-sourcing, e-markets are better to be united under the auspices of logistics barter into an e-integrator, which will be the serving element of the LBP-provider. An e-integrator is an integrator of information and communication technologies for supply chains of logistics barter, in the form of electronic means, taking into account a closing link, e-commerce, and the reverse distribution of added value. The paper describes the new LBP-providers which are not a servicing element of the economy, but become operators of an alternative economy themselves. We have also considered the basics for the mathematical concept of a future LBP (logistic barter) operator.

Recent Advances in Ambient Intelligence and Context-Aware Computing - Advances in Computational Intelligence and Robotics ◽

CAFCLA

10.4018/978-1-4666-7284-0.ch012 ◽

2015 ◽

pp. 187-209 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Óscar García ◽

Ricardo S. Alonso ◽

Dante I. Tapia ◽

Juan M. Corchado

Keyword(s):

Ambient Intelligence ◽

Agent Technology ◽

Learning Approach ◽

Context Aware ◽

Computer Supported Collaborative Learning ◽

Wide Range ◽

Multi Agent

Ambient Intelligence (AmI) promotes the integration of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in daily life in order to ease the execution of everyday tasks. In this sense, education becomes a field where AmI can improve the learning process by means of context-aware technologies. However, it is necessary to develop new tools that can be adapted to a wide range of technologies and application scenarios. Here is where Agent Technology can demonstrate its potential. This chapter presents CAFCLA, a multi-agent framework that allows developing learning applications based on the pedagogical CSCL (Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning) approach and the Ambient Intelligence paradigm. CAFCLA integrates different context-aware technologies so that learning applications designed, developed, and deployed upon it are dynamic, adaptive, and easy to use by users such as students and teachers.

Managing Large Amounts of Data Generated by a Smart City Internet of Things Deployment

International Journal on Semantic Web and Information Systems ◽

10.4018/ijswis.2016100102 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 12 (4) ◽

pp. 22-42 ◽

Cited By ~ 17

Author(s):

Jorge Lanza ◽

Pablo Sotres ◽

Luis Sánchez ◽

Jose Antonio Galache ◽

Juan Ramón Santana ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Big Data ◽

Internet Of Things ◽

Smart City ◽

Smart Cities ◽

Added Value ◽

Amount Of Information ◽

The City

The Smart City concept is being developed from a lot of different axes encompassing multiple areas of social and technical sciences. However, something that is common to all these approaches is the central role that the capacity of sharing information has. Hence, Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) are seen as key enablers for the transformation of urban regions into Smart Cities. Two of these technologies, namely Internet of Things and Big Data, have a predominant position among them. The capacity to “sense the city” and access all this information and provide added-value services based on knowledge derived from it are critical to achieving the Smart City vision. This paper reports on the specification and implementation of a software platform enabling the management and exposure of the large amount of information that is continuously generated by the IoT deployment in the city of Santander.

Latent segmentation in business-to-business based on information and communication technology and relationship variables

Tourism Economics ◽

10.1177/1354816616654829 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 23 (2) ◽

pp. 460-468 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Maria Fuentes-Blasco ◽

Beatriz Moliner-Velázquez ◽

Irene Gil-Saura

Keyword(s):

Tourist Industry ◽

Segmentation Analysis ◽

Travel Agencies ◽

Relationship Benefits ◽

The Relationship ◽

Business To Business ◽

Different Levels

Our work is focused on the segmentation analysis in the Spanish tourist industry. Using a sample of travel agencies who evaluated the relationship with their main supplier (relationship value, relationship benefits and perceived information and communication technologies (ICTs) use), we attempt to examine the utility of these variables as specific and subjective segmentation criteria for identifying heterogeneous groups. The estimation of a finite mixture model suggests that these bases are able to discriminate firms into six latent classes with different levels of ICT use and relationship variables. The novelty in this work lies in the application of latent segmentation methodology and the simultaneous use of bases associated with ICT and relationship variables in business-to-business tourism.

The role of agent-based modeling and multi-agent systems in flood-based hydrological problems: a brief review

Journal of Water and Climate Change ◽

10.2166/wcc.2019.108 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (4) ◽

pp. 1580-1602 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Jose Simmonds ◽

Juan A. Gómez ◽

Agapito Ledezma

Keyword(s):

Hydrological Cycle ◽

Point Of View ◽

Multi Agent Systems ◽

Agent Based ◽

Spatial And Temporal Scales ◽

Agent Systems ◽

Multi Agent ◽

Complex Phenomena ◽

Data Driven Modeling

Abstract Flood problems are complex phenomena with a direct relationship with the hydrological cycle; these are natural processes occurring in water systems, that interact at different spatial and temporal scales. In modeling the hydrological phenomena, traditional approaches, like physics-based mathematical equations and data-driven modeling (DDM) are used. Advances in hydroinformatics are helping to understand these physical processes, with improvements in the collection and analysis of hydrological data, information and communication technologies (ICT), and geographic information systems (GIS), offering opportunities for innovations in model implementation, to improve decision support for the response to societally important floods impacting our societies. This paper offers a brief review of agent-based models (ABMs) and multi-agent systems (MASs) methodologies' applications for solutions to flood problems, their management, assessment, and efforts for forecasting stream flow and flood events. Significant observations from this review include: (i) contributions of agent technologies, as a growing methodology in hydrology; (ii) limitations; (iii) capabilities of dealing with distributed and complex domains; and (iv), the capabilities of MAS as an increasingly accepted point of view applied to flood modeling, with examples presented to show the variety of system combinations that are practical on a specialized architectural level for developing and deploying sophisticated flood forecasting systems.

Selected aspects of e-business development

Agricultural Economics (Zemědělská ekonomika) ◽

10.17221/5039-agricecon ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 52 (No. 8) ◽

pp. 385-388

Author(s):

K. Hennyeová

Keyword(s):

International Business ◽

Business Processes ◽

Strong Impact ◽

Business Services ◽

Policy Objective ◽

Business To Consumer ◽

Business To Business

The enhanced use of information and communication technologies (ICT) has a strong impact on business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C) relationships as well as the way the key business processes are conducted. It can save costs and time, enable businesses to reach a wider market and to respond more quickly to the customer demands. These benefits open up new ways of doing international business. The policy objective is to encourage the integration of e-business into normal business by promoting the take-up of e-business services. Information and communication technologies are necessary to be seen as a tool for the increase of prosperity and competitiveness.  

Engineering Multi-Agent Systems

Encyclopedia of Information Ethics and Security ◽

10.4018/978-1-59140-987-8.ch028 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 187-193

Author(s):

Tagelsir Mohamed Gasmelseid

Keyword(s):

Transaction Processing ◽

Specific Information ◽

Multi Agent Systems ◽

Wireless Devices ◽

Agent Systems ◽

Physical Mobility ◽

Mobile Shopping ◽

Multi Agent ◽

Context Specific

The migration of business enterprises to decentralized operations, location independence, and micromanagement has been accompanied by the emergence of different computing paradigms, enterprise architectures, and communication platforms. Software agents perform some tasks on behalf of their users, other agents, or programs with some degree of autonomy using multiple information and communication platforms. The use of wireless devices and networks has significantly improved information transmission and transaction processing in support of virtual and physical mobility and the acquisition, customization, and use of context specific information for electronic and mobile shopping, finance, banking, and payment services.

Scaffolding Pedagogical Planning and the Design of Learning Activities

Governance, Communication, and Innovation in a Knowledge Intensive Society ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-4157-0.ch018 ◽

2013 ◽

pp. 222-235 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Rosa Maria Bottino ◽

Michela Ott ◽

Mauro Tavella

Keyword(s):

Classroom Practice ◽

Added Value ◽

School Settings ◽

School Practice ◽

Body Of Knowledge ◽

Supporting Teachers ◽

Pedagogical Planning

This paper examines pedagogical planning as a means to foster the introduction of ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) tools into classroom practice. The authors illustrate IAMEL, an ICT-enhanced system aimed at supporting teachers in the process of designing, structuring and planning educational activities. Pedagogical planning, which is a traditional school practice, is meant as the description of a learning situation aimed at the acquisition of a precise body of knowledge through the specification of roles, activities, educational theories and methods. ICT-enhanced pedagogical planning offers significant added value to the intended scope: (1) helps teachers fully express their didactical ideas and finalize the educational approaches and methods to be adopted (2) supports the sharing of practice among teachers and communities of teachers (3) fosters “a posteriori” reflections on the planned educational experience, once implemented in real school settings.