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AN AGENT-BASED SYSTEM FOR INTELLIGENT INTERNET SHOPPING

LISNYAK, TATYANA
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1026130092

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2002, MS, University of Cincinnati, Engineering : Computer Science.
The rise in popularity of the Internet has created a need for intelligent processing of its vast amounts of data. In recent years, a variety of Internet search and shopping software has become available to help people cope with this information overload. Online search engines and shopping programs are becoming an intricate part of our everyday lives. Tempted by the convenience of shopping from home, more and more Internet users are turning to their computers to shop for easy-to-ship items such as books, CDs and electronics. With the vast increase of online stores, it is becoming necessary to provide Internet users with tools that facilitate comparison-shopping online. Recently, a number of meta-shopping programs have been developed, which assist in searching the Internet for product items on behalf of a user, comparing product prices from different vendors. Internet shopping agents have improved dramatically in the last few years. However, even the best meta-shoppers still have a number of limitations, worst of which being the dependency on client store format. Currently available commercial meta-shoppers invariably must have some prior knowledge of the data storage format at each online store they shop at, in order to successfully retrieve product information. Furthermore, they do not provide the users with the option of shopping at Internet sites of their choosing. In this thesis, an online shopping agent was developed, which overcomes the above limitations. Its effectiveness is demonstrated by testing it on a number of major online book and computer vendors.
Dr. Larry Mazlack (Advisor)
262 p.
agent; internet shopping agent

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  • LISNYAK, T. (2002). AN AGENT-BASED SYSTEM FOR INTELLIGENT INTERNET SHOPPING [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1026130092

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • LISNYAK, TATYANA. AN AGENT-BASED SYSTEM FOR INTELLIGENT INTERNET SHOPPING. 2002. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1026130092.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • LISNYAK, TATYANA. "AN AGENT-BASED SYSTEM FOR INTELLIGENT INTERNET SHOPPING." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2002. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1026130092

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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