An agent infrastructure for privacy-enhancing agent-based e-commerce applications

  • Authors:
  • Jose M. Such;Agustin Espinosa;Ana Garcia-Fornes

  • Affiliations:
  • Departament de Sistemes informàtics i Computació, Universitat Politècnica de València, València, Spain;Departament de Sistemes informàtics i Computació, Universitat Politècnica de València, València, Spain;Departament de Sistemes informàtics i Computació, Universitat Politècnica de València, València, Spain

  • Venue:
  • AAMAS'11 Proceedings of the 10th international conference on Advanced Agent Technology
  • Year:
  • 2011

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Abstract

Privacy is of crucial importance in order for agent-based e-commerce applications to be of broad use. Privacy can be enhanced minimizing data identifiability, i.e., the degree by which personal information can be directly attributed to a particular individual. However, minimizing data identifiability may directly impact other crucial issues in agent-based e-commerce, such as accountability, trust, and reputation. In this paper, we present an agent infrastructure for agent-based e-commerce applications. This agent infrastructure enhances privacy without compromising accountability, trust, and reputation.