Abstract:
Internet technology is spread widely in a short time span. With the growth of internet electronic data exchange is also increasing; which is responsible for the invention of e-business. The use of e-commerce is also suddenly increases with the upcoming technologies invented in the field of e-business. The traditional e-commerce system requires the human interaction for selling to buying process, but with the invention of intelligent agent technology the task become simpler. In a wide range of internet application new breed of software is used which is nothing but an intelligent agent. Intelligent agents are used as a supplement of human interaction, managing electronic mail and intelligent user interfaces. In the next phase of e-commerce trading mobile agent technology is introduced. Mobile agents are intelligent, pro-active and independent representatives of businesses. As we know stationary agents supports to automate trading capabilities and intelligent negotiation models; and mobile agents can easily connect with mobile devices such as PDAs and mobile phones. This paper investigates how mobile agents can be more beneficial in e-commerce society and their contribution in e-trading.
Keywords — E- commerce, intelligent agent, mobile agent, RPC, PDA,