The impact of InfoCenters on e-marketplaces

Itai Yarom; Claudia V. Goldman; Jeffrey S. Rosenschein

doi:10.1145/545115.545119

The impact of InfoCenters on e-marketplaces

Itai Yarom^*, Claudia V. Goldman, Jeffrey S. Rosenschein

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The Rachel and Selim Benin School of Engineering and Computer Science

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Abstract

Information marketplaces enable entities to buy and sell information; these buying and selling entities can be humans, or automated agents that represent them. In this paper, we introduce a new type of participant into electronic information marketplaces, namely the InfoCenter agent, which can not only buy and sell information, but can also procure and sell manipulated (i.e., processed) information. We explore the effects that InfoCenters have on the marketplace and on the other agents that participate in it. We show that the benefits of extending an information e-marketplace with InfoCenter agents are twofold. First, InfoCenters can help buyers obtain better information; second, InfoCenter agents can help sellers gain higher profits. Furthermore, we empirically test the influence of different pricing algorithms and payment methods on the buyers', sellers', and InfoCenters' behaviors.

Original language	English
Pages	1290-1291
Number of pages	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/545115.545119
State	Published - 2002
Event	Proceedings of the 1st International Joint Conference on: Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems - Bologna, Italy Duration: 15 Jul 2002 → 19 Jul 2002

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Conference	Proceedings of the 1st International Joint Conference on: Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Bologna
Period	15/07/02 → 19/07/02

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