In this article, we propose an agent-based approach for managing e-commerce activities. In our approach, an agent is present in each e-commerce site, managing the information stored there. In addition, another agent is associated with each customer, handling his/her profile. The proposed approach is based on the use of a particular conceptual model called the Behaviour-Semantic Distance and Relevance (B-SDR) network, which is capable of uniformly representing and handling information stored in e-commerce sites and customer profiles. The capabilities of the B-SDR network model are exploited to let customer and site agents cooperate in such a way in order to support a customer in identifying, whenever he/she accesses an e-commerce site, those products and services present in the site itself and for better matching his/her interests. The approach has been implemented in a prototype in which its functionalities are discussed here also.

An Agent-Based Approach for Managing E-Commerce Activities / Ursino, D; Rosaci, D; Sarne', G; Terracina, G. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS. - ISSN 0884-8173. - 19:5(2004), pp. 385-416. [10.1002/int.20000]

An Agent-Based Approach for Managing E-Commerce Activities

URSINO D;ROSACI D;SARNE' G;
2004-01-01

Abstract

In this article, we propose an agent-based approach for managing e-commerce activities. In our approach, an agent is present in each e-commerce site, managing the information stored there. In addition, another agent is associated with each customer, handling his/her profile. The proposed approach is based on the use of a particular conceptual model called the Behaviour-Semantic Distance and Relevance (B-SDR) network, which is capable of uniformly representing and handling information stored in e-commerce sites and customer profiles. The capabilities of the B-SDR network model are exploited to let customer and site agents cooperate in such a way in order to support a customer in identifying, whenever he/she accesses an e-commerce site, those products and services present in the site itself and for better matching his/her interests. The approach has been implemented in a prototype in which its functionalities are discussed here also.
2004
Multi-agent system; e-Commerce; B-SDR
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