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Agent-Mediated Electronic Commerce: Scientific and Technological Roadmap

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Agent Mediated Electronic Commerce

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Internet continues to spawn new markets and electronic commerce is changing many market conventions. Old commercial practices are being adapted to the new conditions of immediacy brought forth by the global networks, and new products, services, as well as new practices are beginning to appear. Agent-based technologies could play a critical role in this regard with the potential of eventually delivering unprecedented levels of autonomy, customization and general sophistication in the way electronic commerce is conducted. At the same time a number of theoretical, technological, economic, sociological and legal issues will need to be addressed before such opportunities become a reality.

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Sierra, C., Dignum, F. (2001). Agent-Mediated Electronic Commerce: Scientific and Technological Roadmap. In: Dignum, F., Sierra, C. (eds) Agent Mediated Electronic Commerce. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 1991. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-44682-6_1

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