Modelling Broker Agents in Electronic Commerce of Multimedia Products and Services
Abstract
This paper presents the issues related to the different kinds of Broker Agents for electronic commerce. The specificity of electronic commerce of multimedia products and services is considered, proposing a classification of this kind of systems based on different characteristics and levels of complexity. The classification is also based on previous models (functional and architectural) for electronic commerce. Finally, the paper presents some implementations of two applications for electronic commerce of customised products and services in the, respectively, electronic publishing and consultancy sectors, those of the MULTIMEDIATOR and TRADE European projects. The developed systems are classified according to the described levels of complexity, and the main issues and results of the project are introduced.
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