Electronic commerce with secure intelligent trade agents

作     者：van der Merwe, J von Solms, SH 

作者机构：Rand Afrikaans Univ Dept Comp Sci ZA-2000 Johannesburg South Africa 

出 版 物：《COMPUTERS & SECURITY》 (计算机与安全)

年 卷 期：1998年第17卷第5期

页      面：435-446页

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学科分类：08[工学] 0812[工学-计算机科学与技术（可授工学、理学学位）] 

主　　题：electronic commerce intelligent agents public key encryption distributed objects transaction authorization 

摘      要：Electronic commerce on the Internet has the potential to generate billions of transactions, but the number of merchants providing goods or services on the Internet will be so large that it will become impossible for humans to visit each site and decide where it is best to buy or sell goods. In this paper we develop intelligent trade agents that are able to roam a network, collect and analyze data from servers on the network and make decisions to buy and sell goods on behalf of a user. The combination of distributed-object technology and single and public key encryption mechanisms make these agents secure intelligent trade agents. We show that distributed-object technology is an enabling technology for intelligent trade agents. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.