Using mobile agents to solve the distributed buying problem.
| dc.contributor.advisor | Goddard, Wayne. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Reddy, Kamil. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-02-17T08:36:20Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-02-17T08:36:20Z | |
| dc.date.created | 2002 | |
| dc.date.issued | 2002 | |
| dc.description | Thesis (M.Sc.)-University of Natal, Durban, 2002. | en |
| dc.description.abstract | This study deals with the Distributed Buying Problem, that is, the problem faced by geographically distributed businesses when it comes to optimising buyer time and global businesses resources. It adopts a software agent-based approach to the problem. A literature survey was carried out to review the relatively new field of software agents and mobile agents in particular. The role of agents in electronic commerce was also studied. A mobile agent system was then designed and implemented to serve as a proof-ofconcept system for an agent-based solution to the problem. The design and implementation are then discussed. | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10413/5046 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.subject | Electronic commerce. | en |
| dc.subject | Mobile agents (Computer software) | en |
| dc.subject | Industrial procurement. | en |
| dc.subject | Computer software. | en |
| dc.subject | Theses--Computer science. | en |
| dc.title | Using mobile agents to solve the distributed buying problem. | en |
| dc.type | Thesis | en |