Wednesday, August 12, 2009

BBC NEWS | Technology | Computer 'agents' take to the web

BBC NEWS | Technology | Computer 'agents' take to the web: "Software 'agents' that automatically negotiate on behalf of shoppers and sellers are about to be set free on the web for the first time.

The 'Negotiation Ninjas', as they are known, will be trialled on a shopping website called Aroxo in the autumn. The intelligent traders are the culmination of 20 years' work by scientists at Southampton University.

'Computer agents don't get bored, they have a lot of time, and they don't get embarrassed,' Professor Nick Jennings, one of the researchers behind the work, told BBC News."

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