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Agent-Mediated Secure Electronic Transaction for Online Interdependent Purchases

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Because Internet trading provides customers with more convenient and more money-saving services than conventional trading, it has seen explosive growth in recent years and will have a major impact in shaping future markets. Certainly, it will be very advantageous for customers if on-line purchases, especially a series of on-line interdependent purchases, are capable of being more automated and secure than is currently the case, since the time and energy they spend will be dramatically reduced. This paper focuses on applying software agent technology together with cryptographic technology to automating and securing electronic transaction for a series of online interdependent purchases.

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  1. Information Communication Institute of Singapore, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 639798

    Xun Yi, Chee Kheong Siew & Yuan Miao

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Yi, X., Kheong Siew, C., Miao, Y. (2001). Agent-Mediated Secure Electronic Transaction for Online Interdependent Purchases. In: Liu, J., Ye, Y. (eds) E-Commerce Agents. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2033. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45370-9_14

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