International Journal of Information Engineering and Electronic Business (IJIEEB)
IJIEEB Vol. 4, No. 1, 8 Feb. 2012
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The Usability of Agent-Based Simulation in Decision Support System of E-Commerce Architecture
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e-commerce, DSS, software agent, multi-agent, MAS, architecture, simulation
Abstract
Electronic commerce (e-commerce) has the potential to improve the competitiveness of the enterprises. A decision support system, used in e-commerce, is a term used to describe any software engine that enhances the user’s ability to make decisions. The paper presents a new approach for decision support system modeling. This approach is applied by a modification and extension of existing decision support system architecture by multi-agent technology and agent-based simulation models. Multi-agent technology is one of the fastest growing fields of information and communication technology – new agent-based services, products, and applications are being developed almost every day. Agent-based simulation model is applied to coordinate, control, and simulate the architecture of decision support system, used in e-commerce. The proposed architecture improves the existing decision support systems and gains competitive advantage.
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ŠPERKA Roman, SLANINOVÁ Kateřina, "The Usability of Agent-Based Simulation in Decision Support System of E-Commerce Architecture", International Journal of Information Engineering and Electronic Business(IJIEEB), vol.4, no.1, pp.10-17, 2012. DOI:10.5815/ijieeb.2012.01.02
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