The fifth International conference on autonomous agents: an E-commerce perspective

ABSTRACT

The fifth international conference on autonomous agents took place in Montreal, Canada from May 28th to June 1st, 2001. The technical program was rich with 13 tutorials, 12 workshops, 42 software demos, 57 papers, and 78 posters. In addition, the conference covered four invited talks, a panel on agents in e-commerce and robotics events. This report summarizes the parts of the technical program related to e-commerce.

REFERENCES

• 1: Proceedings of the fifth international conference on Autonomous agents, May 2001

INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  K. Computing Milieux
  K.4 COMPUTERS AND SOCIETY
      K.4.4 Electronic Commerce
          Subjects: Cybercash, digital cash

Additional Classification:
  C. Computer Systems Organization
  C.2 COMPUTER-COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
      C.2.5 Local and Wide-Area Networks
          Subjects: Internet (e.g., TCP/IP)

  H. Information Systems
  H.3 INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL
      H.3.5 On-line Information Services
          Subjects: Web-based services

  I. Computing Methodologies
  I.2 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
        I.2.11 Distributed Artificial Intelligence
            Subjects: Intelligent agents

  K. Computing Milieux
  K.4 COMPUTERS AND SOCIETY
      K.4.4 Electronic Commerce
          Subjects: Distributed commercial transactions

General Terms:
Economics, Management, Standardization

Keywords:
auctions, design, economics