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A risk-based bidding strategy for continuous double auctions

A risk-based bidding strategy for continuous double auctions
A risk-based bidding strategy for continuous double auctions
We develop a novel bidding strategy that software agents can use to buy and sell goods in Continuous Double Auctions (CDAs). Our strategy involves the agent forming a bid or ask by assessing the degree of risk involved and making a prediction about the competitive equilibrium that is likely to be reached in the marketplace. We benchmark our strategy against two of the most common strategies for CDAs, namely the Zero-Intelligence and the Zero-Intelligence Plus strategies, and we show that our agents outperform these benchmarks. Specifically, our agents win in 100% of the simulations against the ZI agents and, on average, 75% of the games against the ZIP agents.
Vytelingum, P.
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Dash, R.K.
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David, E.
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Jennings, N. R.
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Vytelingum, P.
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Dash, R.K.
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David, E.
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Jennings, N. R.
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Vytelingum, P., Dash, R.K., David, E. and Jennings, N. R. (2004) A risk-based bidding strategy for continuous double auctions. 16th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 79-83, Valencia, Spain.

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Abstract

We develop a novel bidding strategy that software agents can use to buy and sell goods in Continuous Double Auctions (CDAs). Our strategy involves the agent forming a bid or ask by assessing the degree of risk involved and making a prediction about the competitive equilibrium that is likely to be reached in the marketplace. We benchmark our strategy against two of the most common strategies for CDAs, namely the Zero-Intelligence and the Zero-Intelligence Plus strategies, and we show that our agents outperform these benchmarks. Specifically, our agents win in 100% of the simulations against the ZI agents and, on average, 75% of the games against the ZIP agents.

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Published date: 2004
Additional Information: Event Dates: 2004
Venue - Dates: 16th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 79-83, Valencia, Spain, 2004-01-01
Organisations: Agents, Interactions & Complexity

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Local EPrints ID: 259567
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/259567
PURE UUID: 65c4d734-0703-41eb-bba2-a6a6ae7bdf58

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Date deposited: 06 Sep 2004
Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 06:27

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Author: P. Vytelingum
Author: R.K. Dash
Author: E. David
Author: N. R. Jennings

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