Agent-mediated electronic commerce: A survey

Knowledge Engineering Review

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 147-159

  Guttman, Robert H ^a   Moukas, Alexandros G ^a   Maes, Pattie ^a  

^a MIT MEDIA LAB   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTERNET; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

CONSUMER BUYING BEHAVIOR; SOFTWARE AGENT;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 0032093057     PISSN: 02698889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0269888998002082     Document Type: Review

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