An Agent-mediated, Secure and Efficient Internet Marketplace
Yan Wang, Kian‐Lee Tan, Jian Ren, Linsey Xiaolin Pang · 2001
In this paper, we present a framework of secure Internet marketplaces on the basis of software agents. It not only simulates real commercial activities by consumers, agents and merchants, but also provides an environment for parallel processing. The latter is particularly important as more shops (sites) can be searched in real time to provide consumers with better choices. Based on the security mechanism and commercial credit assessment mechanism of the framework, a 2-phase model is also briefly discussed in this paper on how to evaluate e-shops before and after dispatching parallel mobile agents to them for the purpose of controlling the scale of mobile agents and satisfying the best-buy strategy of consumers. In addition, by using cryptographic technology, a parallel dispatch model of mobile agents with secure structure is also introduced to achieve both security and efficiency. 1