Résumé: Businesses today must collaborate more frequently with partners to build virtual organizations and supply- chains that reduce times- to- market and costs. This paper argues that an electronic marketplace ( eMarketplace ) is a promising model for eBusiness applications. The architecture for this integrated environment is business- centric and knowledge- oriented. In this architecture, the eMarketplace exists as a collection of economically motivated software agents of cooperative distributed systems. It enables and supports common integration and economic services between market participants. This paper focuses on developing an agent- oriented dynamic trading mechanism ( Vickrey auction) and supply- chain integration for the eMarketplace . A prototype is developed for a Vickrey eMarketplace using a coordinated, intelligent rational Agent model and a FIPA- compliant platform.

Langue: Anglais