Electronic Commerce Software Agents: How to Increase Their Machine IQ
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چکیده
The growth of the Internet is currently occurring at phenomenal rates. In this new environment, agents are needed to support our activities, ranging from simple Web surfing to sales and shopping. For instance, effective agents will change the nature of sales on the Internet from the current basic sales scheme to a full customer management approach. Agents can change the nature of interactions on the Internet from simple access to large databases, to dynamic and personalized information and advice sources. To implement this approach information systems will have to (1) learn their users’ criteria and (2) learn how to aggregate information from different mediums and help to reinforce this information using these mediums. In order to perform both these tasks, these agents must be intelligent and embedded in software. This paper discusses the results of several investigations addressing the question’s: How does one provide intelligence to electronic commerce software agents?
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