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A multi agent system is composed of a number of agents, communicating, collaborating, coordinating and negotiating with each other to solve a complex problem. The work discusses an intelligent multi agent system which can be used effectively in e-commerce. The agents work on behalf of the user, and help him in buying a product directly or through auction. Case based reasoning makes the system intelligent and help the agents to reach conclusions. The negotiation is done though argumentation. The communication between the agents is done through ACL, also specifying the required ontology. Implementation of the system is done in JADE.
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Jain, P., Dahiya, D. (2012). An Intelligent Multi Agent Framework for E-commerce Using Case Based Reasoning and Argumentation for Negotiation. In: Dua, S., Gangopadhyay, A., Thulasiraman, P., Straccia, U., Shepherd, M., Stein, B. (eds) Information Systems, Technology and Management. ICISTM 2012. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 285. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29166-1_15
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