Author :
Huhns, Michael N. ; Vidal, José M.
Author_Institution :
South Carolina Univ., Columbia, SC, USA
Abstract :
Auctions on the Internet can involve not only consumers, but also businesses. They can form dynamically and enable the exchange of goods much as stock exchanges manage the buying and selling of securities. But because auctions have a wide scope and a short lifetime, the opportunistic behavior needed for successful interaction requires agents to both participate in and manage auctions. The article focuses on the use of software agents in such Internet based auctions
Keywords :
Internet; electronic commerce; information retrieval; retail data processing; software agents; Internet based auctions; goods exchange; online auctions; opportunistic behavior; software agents; successful interaction; Cost accounting; Internet; Marketing and sales; Privacy; Scattering; Search engines; Security; Software agents; Stock markets; Warranties;
Journal_Title :
Internet Computing, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/4236.769429
