AI-2001 Workshop on

Novel E-Commerce Applications of Agents

Ottawa, Ontario, June 8, 2001

Preliminary Schedule

1:30

Welcome & Opening Remarks

Bruce Spencer, UNB, Canada

 

 

Session 1: Adaptation and Trust in Multi-Agent Systems
 Chair: Jörg Denzinger, University of Calgary, Canada

 

1:40

Agent-Adaptive Web Sites

Steve Marsh, NRC, Ottawa, and John F. Meech, AmikaNow! Corp, Kanata, Ontario

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2:10

Long-term Coalitions for the Electronic Marketplace

Silvia Breban and Hulia Vassileva, University of Saskatchewan

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2:40

 Towards a Formal Model of Trust in e-Commerce

Theo Dimitrakos, CLRC Rutherford Appleton Lab, U.K.

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3:10

Open Discussion

Adaptation and Trust in E-Commerce Communities

 

3:30

Coffee

 

 

Session 2: Designs of Multi-Agent Systems

Virendra Bhavsar, UNB

 

4:00

Agent Design Considerations within Distributed Information Retrieval Systems
Jonathan Carter, UNB

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4:30

Planning and Procurement in Multi-agent Systems

Scott Buffett, UNB

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5:00

Open Discussion: Planning for E-Commerce

 

 

5:20

Wrap-Up and Closing Remarks

Ali Ghorbani, UNB