We have analyzed the impact of agents and their trading strategies on an experimental electronic market. Therefore, we added an XML-interface to an existing electronic market and implemented artificial agents which acted as elements of disturbance in the trading process. These artificial traders...

Internet auctions have become very important for B-2-C E-Commerce. With 56 million active users, eBay alone generates a 34 billion in turnover per annum [Ebay05, 2]. Typically, forward auctions with an ascending- bid mechanism are employed in B-2-C or C-2-C environments. Sellers initiate...