Agent-based Electronic Commerce with Ontology Services and Social Network based Support

Virgínia Nascimento, Maria João Viamonte, Alda Canito, Nuno Silva

2013

Abstract

In this paper we approach the semantic heterogeneity problem which arises in agent mediated electronic commerce, presenting the AEMOS system as a promising answer. AEMOS is an agent mediated electronic commerce platform which main goal is to enable an efficient and transparent negotiation between agents even when they use different ontologies to represent the same domain of knowledge. The system provides ontology services, more specifically ontology matching services, which are improved by the exploitation of emergent social networks. In this paper we present the currently implemented system and demonstrate how an agent mediated electronic commerce system may benefit from the inclusion and combination of ontology services and social network based support.

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Nascimento V., João Viamonte M., Canito A. and Silva N. (2013). Agent-based Electronic Commerce with Ontology Services and Social Network based Support . In Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 2: ICEIS, ISBN 978-989-8565-60-0, pages 497-504. DOI: 10.5220/0004448904970504


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@conference{iceis13,
author={Virgínia Nascimento and Maria João Viamonte and Alda Canito and Nuno Silva},
title={Agent-based Electronic Commerce with Ontology Services and Social Network based Support},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 2: ICEIS,},
year={2013},
pages={497-504},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0004448904970504},
isbn={978-989-8565-60-0},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 2: ICEIS,
TI - Agent-based Electronic Commerce with Ontology Services and Social Network based Support
SN - 978-989-8565-60-0
AU - Nascimento V.
AU - João Viamonte M.
AU - Canito A.
AU - Silva N.
PY - 2013
SP - 497
EP - 504
DO - 10.5220/0004448904970504