Agent technologies are believed to be one of the most promising tools to conduct business via networks and the Web in an autonomous, intelligent, and efficient way. The ever-expanding application of business automation necessitates clarification of the methods and techniques of agent-based electronic business systems. Agent Systems in Electronic Business delivers definitive research to academics and practitioners in the field of business automation on the use of agent technologies to advance the practice of electronic business in today's organizations, targeting the needs of enterprises in open and dynamic business opportunities to incorporate skilled use of multiple independent information systems. This comprehensive resource clearly articulates the stages (electronic commerce transactions, business processes and e-business infrastructure) involved in developing agent-based e-business systems.
Dr. Eldon Y. Li is the Professor and Dean of College of Informatics at Yuan Ze University in Taiwan. He holds M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Texas Tech University. He has published over 100 papers in the areas of human factors in information technology (IT), strategic IT planning, software engineering, quality assurance, information management, and business management. He is the Founding Editor for the International Journal of Electronic Business, the International Journal of Internet and Enterprise Management, and the International Journal of Internet Marketing and Advertising. He was the President of the Western Decision Sciences Institute (WDSI), and currently is the Secretary General for the Asia Pacific Decision Sciences Institute (APDSI) and the Founding Executive Director of the International Consortium for Electronic Business (ICEB).
Soe-Tsyr Yuan is a professor of information management of National Chengchi University, Taiwan. She received a PhD in computer science from Oregon State University, USA. Her research interests include service science, M(U-) commerce, service-oriented computing, business intelligence management, intelligent agents, knowledge discovery and data mining, and so forth. She has served as a member of various program and editorial committees for international conferences and journals such as the International Journal of Web Services Research, International Journal of E-Business Research, Service Oriented Computing and Applications, and so forth.
