Improving E-Trade Auction Volume by Consortium - Distributed Artificial Intelligence, Agent Technology, and Collaborative Applications - page 107

Case 2.

Seller ID Volume Buyer ID Volume

S1 50 B1 10

S2 80 B2 10

S3 90 B3 10

S4 60 B4 10

S5 70 B5 90

S6 10 B6 70

S7 70 B7 10

S8 60 B8 10

S9 70 B9 40

S10 20 B10 90

Matching without Consortium Matching with Consortium

Seller Buyer Trading Volume Seller Buyer Trading Volume

S3 B5 90 S3 B5 90

S5 B6 70 S5 B6 70

S6 B1 10 S6 B1 10

S1 {B2,B9} 50

S10 {B3,B4} 20

Total Volume 170 Total Volume 240

Case 3.

Seller ID Volume Buyer ID Volume

S1 40 B1 10

S2 90 B2 60

S3 40 B3 50

S4 10 B4 90

S5 90 B5 100

S6 70 B6 40

S7 40 B7 20

S8 30 B8 80

S9 100 B9 50

S10 20 B10 10

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