Multi-agent systems and birtual producers in electronic marketplaces

• Autor(es): Praça, Isabel ; Viamonte, Maria João ; Morais, H. ; Vale, Zita ; Ramos, Carlos
• Data: 2009
• Identificador Persistente: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/1492
• Origem: Repositório Científico do Instituto Politécnico do Porto
• Assunto(s): Multi-agent systems; Virtual producers; Electronic marketplaces
• Tipo de Documento: Documento de conferência
• Idioma: Inglês

Descrição

This paper presents an agent-based simulator designed for analyzing agent market strategies based on a complete understanding of buyer and seller behaviours, preference models and pricing algorithms, considering user risk preferences. The system includes agents that are capable of improving their performance with their own experience, by adapting to the market conditions. In the simulated market agents interact in several different ways and may joint together to form coalitions. In this paper we address multi-agent coalitions to analyse Distributed Generation in Electricity Markets