Michael Ströbel worked for several years as a software engineer and
consultant in the German IT industry before joining IBM Research in
Switzerland, where he developed his interest in support for negotiations
in electronic markets. During his career in research, he has published
several articles on this topic in major international conferences and
journals and received a PhD from the University of St.Gallen,
Switzerland.
Based on his experiences and contributions, the author discusses
electronic negotiation technologies - key ingredients for the next
generation of electronic markets - from a scientific as well as a
practitioner's perspective. He reviews the state-of-the-art and then
introduces novel support mechanisms and design elements, which are
applied in a number of case studies. This book is geared towards
technicians interested in E-Commerce application development but also
offers extensive background reading for educational purposes.