Shopbots and Pricebots
Proceedings of the Sixteenth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence. Distributed AI. Pages 506-510.
Abstract
Shopbots are agents that automatically search the Internet to obtain information about prices and other attributes of goods and services. They herald a future in which autonomous agents profoundly influence electronic markets. In this study, a simple economic model is proposed and analyzed, which is intended to quantify some of the likely impacts of a proliferation of shopbots and other economically-motivated software agents. In addition, this paper reports on simulations of pricebots - adaptive, pricesetting agents which firms may well implement to combat, or even take advantage of, the growing community of shopbots. This study forms part of a larger research program that aims to provide insights into the impact of agent technology on the nascent information economy.
@inproceedings{ijcai1999p73,
title = {Shopbots and Pricebots},
author = {Greenwald, Amy and Kephart, Jeffrey O.},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the Sixteenth International Joint Conference on
Artificial Intelligence, {IJCAI-99}},
publisher = {International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence},
editor = {Thomas Dean},
pages = {506--510},
year = {1999},
note = {Distributed AI},
url = {https://ijcai.org/proceedings/1999/73},
}
TY - CPAPER TI - Shopbots and Pricebots AU - Greenwald, Amy AU - Kephart, Jeffrey O. T2 - Proceedings of the Sixteenth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, IJCAI-99 PB - International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence PY - 1999 SP - 506 EP - 510 UR - https://ijcai.org/proceedings/1999/73 ER -Copied
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