Abstract
In this paper we describe a multi-agent system which implements distributed computational system. The software architecture identifies distributed locations as abstractions of distributed computational system and various software agents as abstractions of different autonomous functional components. The interactions among agents within a system are the most critical for the application. Most common and one of the elementary types of e-commerce applications is consumer buying behavior. We propose a model of a general consumer buying behaviour application using general multi-agent system to examine its expressiveness. By identifying specific roles of software agents and designing new specific interaction patterns for them we implement the commercial model.
Highlights
Internet is computational environment that is highly distributed, heterogeneous, extremely dynamic, and comprising a large number of autonomous nodes
Any information system operating in such an environment must handle several emerging problems
The model we present stems from consumer buying behavior research and comprises the actions and decisions involved in buying and using goods and services
Summary
Internet is computational environment that is highly distributed, heterogeneous, extremely dynamic, and comprising a large number of autonomous nodes. Any information system operating in such an environment must handle several emerging problems. The most traditional architecture on the Internet is still the clientserver model, but it is limited and restrictive. Some nodes will want to take both roles (client and server) depending on which node they are interacting with. There are several forms of heterogeneity in this environment, e.g. different platforms, different data formats, the capabilities of different information services, and the implementation technologies. The information system must handle these problems to be able to work effectively
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