智能交易代理

Intelligent Trade Agents

随着Ｉｎｔｅｒｎｅｔ的迅速发展，电子商务方兴未艾，网上购物成为新时尚。但是在网上提供商品的商家 往往很多，用户不可能遍访每个网站，找到最适合自己购买的产品。智能交易代理能够自动在网上 漫游，收集商品信息，为用户购买最佳商品。本文首先介绍了智能交易代理的概念，然后提出了其实现中两个关键问题（信息获取及安全问题）的解决途径。

Electronic commerce on the Internet has the potential to generate billions of transactions, but the number of merchants providing goods on the Internet will be so large that it will become impossible for users to visit each site and decide where is the best place to buy goods. In this paper we present intelligent trade agents that can roam the Internet, collect and analyze merchandise information and decide to buy goods for the benefit of the users. We also discuss two key problems in the way of intelligent trade agents.