KQML as an agent communication language
CIKM '94 Proceedings of the third international conference on Information and knowledge management
Communications of the ACM
An XML framework for agent-based E-commerce
Communications of the ACM
Information Aggregation and Agent Interaction Patterns in InfoSleuth(tm)
COOPIS '99 Proceedings of the Fourth IECIS International Conference on Cooperative Information Systems
Agents and Workflow -- An Intimate Connection, or Just Friends?
TOOLS '99 Proceedings of the Technology of Object-Oriented Languages and Systems
Agent-mediated electronic commerce: an MIT media laboratory perspective
International Journal of Electronic Commerce - Special issue: Intelligent agents for electronic commerce
Conceptual Modeling for Collaborative E-business Processes
ER '01 Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Conceptual Modeling: Conceptual Modeling
Conversations + Interfaces = Business Logic
TES '01 Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Technologies for E-Services
The design of intelligent workflow monitoring with agent technology
Knowledge-Based Systems
What agents can do in workflow management systems
Artificial Intelligence Review
International Journal of Digital Library Systems
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Agent technologies are now being considered for automating tasks in e-commerce applications. However, conventional software agents with predefined functions, but without the ability to modify behavior dynamically, may be too limited for mediating E-Commerce applications properly, since they cannot switch roles or adjust their behavior to participate in dynamically formed partnerships. We have developed a Java-based dynamic agent infrastructure for E-Commerce automation, which supports dynamic behavior modification of agents, a significant difference from other agent platforms. Supported by dynamic agents, mechanisms have been developed for plugging in workflow and multi-agent cooperation, and for dynamic service provisioning, allowing services to be constructed on the fly. We treat an agent as a Web object with an associated URL, which makes it possible to monitor and interact with the agent remotely via any Web browser. XML is chosen as our agent communication message format. Dynamic agents can carry, switch and exchange domain-specific XML interpreters. In this way, the cooperation of dynamic agents supports plug-and-play commerce, mediating businesses that are built on one another's services. A prototype has been deve loped at HP Labs.