In this paper the issue of bidding strategy learning in electronicmarkets is addressed. The primary aim is to identify machine learningtechniques which are best suited to learn bidding behaviourin electronic markets. The developed methodologies are appliedwithin a structured market engineering...

Designing electronic markets is still a rather intricate process. eNegotiation - and thereby trading rules - embody the core of the institution ”electronic market”. Although success or failure of electronic markets is strongly influenced by the design of the trading rules the design process...

The deregulation of the German energy sector changes transaction relations, trading processes and contract design. We report on the findings of a field research survey conductet in the deregulated German wholsale trading market between April and June 2000.

Dieser Beitrag gibt einen Überblick zu Internet-Auktionen im Hard- und Softwaremarkt. Untersucht werden Internet-Auktionen in Bezug auf ihre Ausgestaltung in verschiedenen Phasen der Markttransaktion. Es zeigt sich, daß die Anbieter zwar die Potentiale von Internet-Auktionen erkennen, sich...

Recent changes in the German energy policy initiated a deregulation process from a monopolistic to a competitive market, fundamentally changing the market structure, transaction relationships and trading processes. While the mutual exchange of electric energy has been a business activity between...

This paper is intended as an introduction to the debate on net neutrality and as a progress report on the growing body of academic literature on this issue. Different non-net neutrality scenarios are discussed and structured along the two dimensions of network and pricing regime. With this...