Stochastic analysis of mobile agent-based e-shopping
by Wenyu Qu, Hong Shen, John Sum
International Journal of Electronic Business (IJEB), Vol. 3, No. 3/4, 2005

Abstract: In this paper, we consider the problem of mobile agent-based e-shopping. We analyse the probability of success (the probability that an agent can find the destination shop) and the population growth of mobile agents. We found that though a single mobile agent may act randomly, the behaviour of all mobile agents as a whole has some stochastic properties. Our mathematical analysis provides a way to estimate user satisfaction and network performance. Since there is a trade-off between these two factors, managers can achieve maximum benefits by tuning the relevant parameters in our analysis according to the users' requirements and the characteristics of the network.

Online publication date: Thu, 30-Jun-2005

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