Title :
Enhancing e-Commerce with Intelligent Agents in Collaborative e-Communities
Author :
Shen, Xiaojun ; Shirmohammadi, Shervin ; Desmarais, Chris ; Georganas, Nicolas D. ; Kerr, Ian
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Inf. Technol. & Eng., Ottawa Univ., Ont.
Abstract :
In this paper, we present the design and implementation of and interdisciplinary research project involving an intelligent agent-based framework for collaborative e-commerce applications. A multi-agent system (MAS) architecture for large collaborative e-commerce environments is designed and developed, where a number of geographically dispersed users (customers/merchants) can participate. This architecture not only applies agent technologies in e-commerce system in novel manners, but also incorporates privacy law and legislation into its technical design, and in that respect it is different from other existing e-commerce systems
Keywords :
electronic commerce; groupware; multi-agent systems; collaborative e-community; e-commerce; intelligent agent; multiagent system; privacy law; privacy legislation; Computer architecture; Design engineering; Electronic commerce; Information technology; Intelligent agent; International collaboration; Law; Legal factors; Multiagent systems; Virtual environment;
Conference_Titel :
E-Commerce Technology, 2006. The 8th IEEE International Conference on and Enterprise Computing, E-Commerce, and E-Services, The 3rd IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2511-3
DOI :
10.1109/CEC-EEE.2006.43
