E-Auction using Mobile Agent Technology

Mobile agents are not something new in the world today. Its birth is becoming
more and more significant and is emerging in the world of technology. This paper
presents a study on Mobile Agent Technology and its significance towards E-Auction
activity and is the starting point of the project ''E-Auction using Mobile Agent
Technology". This paper also presents the development effort of a mobile agent system
named as AUCMAT based on the revised architecture of an existing experimental mobile
agent system, NOMAD. This will also be the guide in understanding the existing research
and development efforts involving the use of mobile agents in E-Commerce,
significantly, E-Auction. The paper is discussed in chapters. Chapter 1 will be the
introduction and the presentation of the project background, the objectives of this project
as well as the description of the current project scope. Chapter 2 will discuss the literature
review, the theory and the available current findings on mobile agent technology and EAuction.
Chapter 3 will discuss the concept, method and approach as well as the tools
that are used in developing this project: AUCMAT. Chapter 4 consists of discussion and
results of findings from the research and the progress of the project and Chapter 5 is the
conclusion of this paper.