Examples of e-commerce

• Agents used in e-commerce applications may negotiate contracts or bid in auctions on behalf of their users.

• However, how to make e-commerce intelligent and the customers more satisfied remains a big issue.

• In this paper we consider the barriers for the adoption of agent technology in e-commerce which pertain to trust, security and legal issues.

• These assumptions are problematic, in particular, in the context of e-commerce being conducted by software agents.

• Purchases made at an e-commerce site are generally regarded as strong indicators for user interest.

• Despite its name, e-commerce is not fully automated.

• I think de facto all this e-commerce stuff, all the information revolution around it, is an important contributing factor.

• In this paper we consider the barriers for the adoption of agent technology in electronic commerce (e-commerce) which pertain to trust, security and legal issues.