InterMarket-towards intelligent mobile agent e-marketplaces

Proceedings - 9th Annual IEEE International Conference and Workshop on the Engineering of Computer-Based Systems, ECBS 2002

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 268-275

  Kowalczyk, R ^a   Franczyk, B ^a   Speck, A ^a   Braun, P ^b   Eismann, J ^b   Rossak, W ^b  

^a Intershop Research   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Communication channels; Costs; Decision making; Intelligent agent; Mobile agents; Mobile computing; Mobile handsets; Personal digital assistants; Poles and towers; Time factors

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); COSTS; DECISION MAKING; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; INTELLIGENT AGENTS; MOBILE COMMERCE; MOBILE COMPUTING; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANTS;

AUTOMATED TRADING; INTELLIGENT DECISION MAKING; INTELLIGENT MOBILE AGENT; MOBILE E-COMMERCE; MOBILE HANDSETS; POLES AND TOWERS; TIME FACTORS; WORK IN PROGRESS;

MOBILE AGENTS;

EID: 7744247341     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ECBS.2002.999849     Document Type: Conference Paper

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