An exception-handling architecture for open electronic marketplaces of contract net software agents

Software agent marketplaces require the development of new architectures, which are capable of coping with unreliable computational and network infrastructures, limited trust among independently developed agents and the possibility of systemic failures. In analogy with human societies, agent marketplaces will

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2000
• Where: SIGECOM
• Authors: Chrysanthos Dellarocas, Mark Klein, Juan A. Rodríguez-Aguilar
• Keywords: Agent Marketplaces, ECommerce, SIGECOM 2000, Software Agent Marketplaces, Systemic Failures