Innovative Tools for Business Coalitions in B2B Applications How Negotiation, Auction and Game Theory Can Support Small- and Medium-sized Business in E-business /

• Main Authors: Argoneto, Pierluigi (Author), Renna, Paolo (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2011.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Organization.; Planning.; Engineering economics.; Engineering economy.; Industrial organization.; Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing.; Industrial Organization.; Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet).

The manufacturing industry is facing the challenges of shifting its operations from the traditional factory integration philosophy to a supply chain based e-factory philosophy, and of transforming the focus of companies from the local factory to global enterprise and business. Innovative Tools for B...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Business to Business E-marketplaces: A Literature Overview and Motivations
• 2. Multi Agent Architecture
• 3. Game Theory Overview
• 4. Bargaining Models in E-marketplaces
• 5. Models for Coalition Management
• 6. Simulation Environment
• 7. Simulation Results
• 8. Conclusions and Future Developments.