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The potential of intelligent software agents in the World Wide Web in automating part procurement.

International Journal of Purchasing and Materials Management

| January 01, 1998 | Khoo, Li-Pheng; Tor, Shu Beng; Lee, Stephen S.G. | COPYRIGHT 1998 National Association of Purchasing Management, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

INTRODUCTION

The World Wide Web (WWW), the global computer network of information databases, has experienced phenomenal growth in both the amount of information available and the total number of users accessing that information.[1] It is rapidly becoming a powerful business tool because of its online commercial services and electronic commerce capabilities. The Web is poised to become the medium by which companies buy, trade, make contacts, exchange data and information, discuss designs, and locate components.[2,3] Information content providers can supply current information with minimum administrative overhead because the database, as a back-end or data source for ...

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