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Ana Paula Rocha
Researcher at University of Porto
Publications - 64
Citations - 670
Ana Paula Rocha is an academic researcher from University of Porto. The author has contributed to research in topics: Computational trust & Multi-agent system. The author has an hindex of 14, co-authored 64 publications receiving 640 citations. Previous affiliations of Ana Paula Rocha include Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto.
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Agents Advanced Features for Negotiation in Electronic Commerce and Virtual Organisations Formation Processes
Eugénio Oliveira,Ana Paula Rocha +1 more
TL;DR: An Electronic Market architecture implemented through a Multi-Agent system that includes both a specific market agent which plays the role of market coordinator, as well as agents representing the individual business partners with their own goals and strategies is proposed.
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An Electronic Market Architecture for the Formation of Virtual Enterprises
Ana Paula Rocha,Eugénio Oliveira +1 more
TL;DR: This paper proposes an Electronic Market system’s architecture together with a multi-criteria negotiation protocol for Virtual Enterprise formation and shows how this could help to improve the efficiency and adaptability of Electronic Markets.
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Computing Confidence Values: Does Trust Dynamics Matter?
TL;DR: This article proposes a model for the aggregation of trust evidences that computes confidence scores taking into account dynamic properties of trust, and shows experimental results that show that in certain scenarios the consideration of the trust dynamics allows for a better estimation of confidence scores.
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Contributions to an Electronic Institution supporting Virtual Enterprises' Life cycle
TL;DR: Rocha et al. as discussed by the authors presented and discussed tools for automatic negotiation and operation monitoring that make an electronic institution a suitable framework for helping in the two most important stages of a virtual enterprise's life cycle: formation and operation.
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Electronic Institutions as a Framework for Agents' Negotiation and Mutual Commitment
Ana Paula Rocha,Eugénio Oliveira +1 more
TL;DR: An Electronic Institution framework to help in electronic transactions management making available norms and rules as well as monitoring business participants' behaviour in specific electronic business transactions is introduced.