TY - JOUR A1 - Bergsträßer, Sonja A1 - Müller, Paul A1 - Rizk, Amr A1 - Steinmetz, Ralf T1 - Autonomous agent-based negotiation using smart contracts T2 - EFL quarterly : an E-Finance Lab publication N2 - THE BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY ENABLES ENTITIES TO QUERY AND ALTER INFORMATION WITHOUT TRUSTING A MIDDLE PARTY WHILE PROVIDING A SECURE DATA STORAGE IN A DECENTRALIZED MANNER. WE FOCUS ON AN IT DATA SUPPLY CHAIN SCENARIO WHERE MULTIPLE ACTORS NEGOTIATE A TENANCY AGREEMENT FOR VIRTUALIZED NETWORK RESOURCES. WE PRESENT OUR APPROACH, A BROKERLESS BLOCKCHAIN-BASED SYSTEM THAT USES SMART CONTRACTS AND A VIRTUAL NETWORK PARTITIONING ALGORITHM. WITH THIS APPROACH WE CAN OVERCOME THE INFORMATION DISCLOSER PROBLEM IN THIS SCENARIO. Y1 - 2019 UR - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/58037 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-580375 SN - 1866-1238 VL - 2019 IS - 1 SP - 6 EP - 8 PB - E-Finance Lab e.V. CY - Frankfurt am Main ER -