Multi-agent system for automation of B2C processes in the future internet

Author

Podobnik, Vedran ; Lovrek, Ignac

Author_Institution

Fac. of Electr. Eng. & Comput., Univ. of Zagreb, Zagreb

fYear

2008

fDate

13-18 April 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

The concept of new generation network (NGN) will define roles and relationships in the future Internet. The fierce competition among players in the Information and Communication (ICT) industry will just catalyze market redefinition processes, requesting from operators to promptly innovate their business models. The consumer´s lifestyle will also change: individual users will be interested only in services that are intelligent (i.e., personalized and context-aware), dynamic (i.e., innovative and fun) and mobile (i.e., provisioned anytime and anywhere). A number of latest research incentives in the ICT domain are focused on automation and coordination of interactions between individual consumers and Internet service providers (ISPs). The research proposed in this paper aims to pursue similar ideas while creating a multi-agent system for automation of Business-to-Consumer (B2C) processes in the environment of the future Internet.

Keywords

Internet; electronic commerce; multi-agent systems; Internet; business-to-consumer process; multiagent system; new generation network; Automation; Business communication; Communication industry; Context-aware services; IP networks; Industrial relations; Internet; Mobile communication; Multiagent systems; Next generation networking; B2C electronic market; business model; future Internet design; service overlay; software agent;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

INFOCOM Workshops 2008, IEEE

Conference_Location

Phoenix, AZ

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2219-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/INFOCOM.2008.4544606

Filename

4544606