Electronic business communities model using agent technology

In the early 1990s, as the Internet became more commercialized, users flocked to participate in the World Wide Web (WWW). Electronic business (e-business) rapidly expanded primarily owing to the development of new networks, protocols, software, and specifications. Conducting e-business means extensive use of information technology (IT) in general and the Internet in particular. Furthermore, the globalization of the economy is driving e-business to become service-centric, offering services that can be flexibly and dynamically composed of rapidly deployable electronic services (e-services). In a dynamic E-business environment, interoperation and coordination across distributed services are very important. These needs have given rise to a new set of requirements of negotiation-based, autonomous, and intelligent computing. This paper will focus on analysing the concept of agent-oriented software implemented in e-business. Findings on interoperability problems in e-business will be discussed and an information brokering agent, known as E-Business Agent Communities (EBAC), that has the ability to migrate through network is proposed. It is hoped that EBAC will provide virtual enterprises with the ability to share resources and business processes for production, marketing, and other services.