Agent and Multi-Agent Systems in Distributed Systems - Digital Economy and E-Commerce

Information and communication technology, in particular artificial intelligence, can be used to support economy and commerce using digital means. This book is about agents and multi-agent distributed systems applied to digital economy and e-commerce to me

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Anne Håkansson and Ronald Hartung (Eds.)

Agent and Multi-Agent Systems in Distributed Systems – Digital Economy and E-Commerce

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Editors Assoc Prof. Anne Håkansson KTH Royal Institute of Technology Software and Computer Systems Kista Sweden

Prof. Ronald Hartung Department of Computer Science Franklin University Columbus USA

ISSN 1860-949X e-ISSN 1860-9503 ISBN 978-3-642-35207-2 e-ISBN 978-3-642-35208-9 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-35208-9 Springer Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2012952941 c Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013  This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)

Editorial Anne H˚akansson and Ronald Hartung

This is a book on agents and multi-agent systems in distributed systems applied to the digital economy and in e-commerce. It represents a flora of technologies and applications of systems within the business systems domain. Over the last two decades, business has become increasing dependent on and involved with electronic systems. Not merely as data processing for the accounting of business activity, but as a means of improving manufacturing and doing business by selling and buying all sorts of products and services, globally. Moreover, inf