Authors:
Leo van Moergestel
;
Mathijs van Bremen
;
Bianca Krieger
;
Martijn van Dijk
and
Erik Puik
Affiliation:
HU Utrecht University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands
Keyword(s):
Lifecycle Agent, Blockchain, Part Exchange Market, Auction, Sustainability.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Agents
;
Artificial Intelligence
;
Artificial Intelligence and Decision Support Systems
;
Autonomous Systems
;
Bioinformatics
;
Biomedical Engineering
;
Distributed and Mobile Software Systems
;
Distributed Problem Solving
;
Enterprise Information Systems
;
Information Systems Analysis and Specification
;
Knowledge Engineering and Ontology Development
;
Knowledge-Based Systems
;
Methodologies and Technologies
;
Multi-Agent Systems
;
Operational Research
;
Simulation
;
Software Engineering
;
Symbolic Systems
Abstract:
To extend the lifetime of products, an agent is connected to the product. This agent has several roles. It
depends on the phase of the lifecycle what these roles will be. One of the roles in the usage or recycling phase
is to negotiate for buying spare parts in case a part of the product is broken. The same agent can also decide
to offer spare parts to other agents to reuse working parts of a broken product. To accomplish this idea, a
marketplace for agents has to be set up, where the auctions can take place. To support this concept, blockchain
technology has been used. Blockchains are a new type of technology, known from bitcoins, but there are
other cases where blockchains can be used. Blockchain is known for its decentralisation, transparency and
for making trustful transactions. In this paper the working of different types of blockchains will be briefly
explained and determined if they can be useful for online auctions by agents. A prototype of the marketplace
using blockchains h
as been built.
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