Internet Commerce and Software Agents: Cases, Technologies, and Opportunities

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Syed Mahbubur Rahman, Robert J. Bignall
Idea Group Inc (IGI), Jan 1, 2001 - Computers - 408 pages
The Internet is revolutionizing retail merchandising and shopping. Software agents are capable of automating the more routine, tedious and time-consuming tasks involved in the trading process and they may be able to negotiate and make autonomous decisions and commitments on behalf of their owners. Internet Commerce and Software Agents: Cases, Technologies and Opportunities addresses some major Internet commerce issues and the challenges to be met in achieving automated and secure Internet trading.
 

Contents

Engineering Issues in Internet Commerce
1
Internet Commerce and Exporting Strategies for Electronic Market Entry
24
Consumer Trust and Confidence in Internet Commerce
43
Deploying Internet Commerce in Lottery Businesses An Executive Guideline
58
Agents in ECommerce Introduction and Impact
74
Software Agents in Electronic Commerce An Overview
75
Software Agents in Todays Digital Economy Transition to the Knowledge Society
88
Intelligent Agents for ECommerce Trends and Future Impact on Business Models and Markets
101
BusinesstoBusiness Electronic Commerce Electronic Tendering
231
Component Framework Supporting AgentBased Electronic Data Interchange
251
An Enterprise Viewpoint of Wireless Virtual Communities and the Associated Uses of Software Agents
265
Human Interface to Software Agents
289
A Virtual Salesperson
290
Payment Systems Recommender Systems and the Future
316
Agents and Payment Systems in ECommerce
317
Supporting Electronic Commerce of Software Products Through PayPerUse Rental of Downloadable Tools
331

Agents in ECommerce Frameworks Applications and Cases
121
Design Agents with Negotiation Capabilities
122
Customised Electronic Commerce with Intelligent Software Agents
150
Agent Technologies and Business Models for Electronic Commerce
177
SAFER ECommerce Secure Agent Fabrication Evolution Roaming for ECommerce
190
WebBased Smart Card Agent Environment and Applications for ECommerce
207
Software AgentMediated Internet Trading Framework
349
Distributed Recommender Systems New Opportunities in Internet Commerce
372
About the Authors
394
Index
405
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