Perspectives on Electronic Commerce with Mobile Agents

Electronic commerce is a driving force for IT. Mobile agents profit from this development, and offer substantial advantages for certain electronic commerce applications in return. Yet , a number of criteria should be applied to electronic commerce applications to assess which areas are best suited for mobile agents. A major requirement to build confidence in mobile agent technologie is the availability of adequate security mechanisms. Although much remains to de done in this area, a valuable set of mechanisms exist that are suitable to launch electronic commerce applications based on mobile agent technology.