Agent systems in electronic business
Title:
Agent systems in electronic business
Author:
Li, Eldon Yu-zen, 1952-
ISBN:
9781599045900
Publication Information:
Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2008.
Physical Description:
electronic texts (xix, 387 p. : ill. (some col.)) : digital files.
Series:
Advances in electronic business series
Advances in electronic business series.
Contents:
Preface -- 1. Patterns for designing agent-based e-business systems / Michael Weiss -- 2. The evolution of comparision-shopping agents / Yun Wan -- 3. A study of intelligent shopping support : a case study of outbound group package-tour products in Taiwan / Wen-Shan Lin -- 4. Agent-based matching of demands and supplies in business transactions formation / Raymund J. Lin and Seng-Cho T. Chou -- 5. Evolutionary auction design for agent-based marketplaces / Zengchang Qin -- 6. An inter-organizational business process study from agents interaction perspective / Joseph Barjis and Samuel Chong -- 7. Applications of agent-based technology as coordination and cooperation in the supply chain based e-business / Golenur Begum Huq and Robyn Lawson -- 8. An agent-based framework for emergent process management / John Debenham -- 9. Beyond intelligent agents : e-sensors for supporting supply chain collaboration and preventing the bullwhip effect / Walter Rodriguez, Janusz Zalewski, and Elias Kirche -- 10. An automated negotiation mechanism for agent based on international joint ventures / Yee Ming Cheng and Pei-Ni Huang -- 11. An agent-mediated middleware service framework for e-logistics / Zongwei Luo, Minhong Wang, William K. Cheung, Jiming Liu, F. Tong, and C.J. Tan -- 12. A multi-agent system approach to mobile negotiation support mechanism by integrating case-based reasoning and fuzzy cognitive map / Kun Chang Lee and Namho Lee -- 13. A study of malicious agents in open multi-agent systems : the economic perspective and simulation / Pinata Winoto and Tiffany Y. Tang -- 14. Features for killer apps from a semantic Web perspective / Kieron O'Hara, Harith Alani, Yannis Kalfoglou, and Nigel Shadbolt -- 15. Semantic location modeling for mobile enterprises / Soe-Tsyr Yuan and Pei-Hung Hsieh -- 16. Service composition approaches for ubiquitous and pervasive computing : a survey / Mohamed Bakhouya and Jaafar Gaber.
Abstract:
"This book delivers definitive research on the use of agent technologies to advance the practice of electronic business in today's organizations, targeting the needs of enterprises in open and dynamic business opportunities to incorporate skilled use of multiple independent information systems. It clearly articulates the stages involved in developing agent-based e-business systems"--Provided by publisher.
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Electronic Access:
Chapter PDFs via platform: http://services.igi-global.com/resolvedoi/resolve.aspx?doi=10.4018/978-1-59904-588-7