Electronic Business Technologies

Code:

EIC0078

Acronym:

TNEL

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Artificial Intelligence

Instance: 2012/2013 - 2S

Active?	Yes
E-learning page:	https://moodle.fe.up.pt/
Responsible unit:	Department of Informatics Engineering
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Informatics and Computing Engineering

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIEIC	26	Syllabus since 2009/2010	4	-	6	56	162

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

Conducting business electronically is an increasingly ubiquitous approach. This course addresses this concept from a scientific-technological point of view.

Specific aims are: To understand the importance and opportunities of Electronic Business; To explain Electronic Business Models; To present Support Technologies for Electronic Business

Scientific component:50% Technological component:50%

Learning outcomes and competences

At the end of this course, students should:

• understand and model a simple Electronic Business process
• use intelligent technologies that support simple Electronic Business processes, related to negotiation, e-contracting and computational trust.

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

Knowlege of Distributed Artificial Intelligence technologies is useful, as is understanding the notion of Computational Agent.

Program

1. Electronic Business

1.1. Definition of electronic business process.

1.2. Electronic Business Models (B2B, B2C)

1.3. Platforms for electronic business

2. Electronic Institutions and Virtual Enterprises:

2.1. Concepts

2.2. Selection of business partners: automatic negotiation and Learning

2.3 Ontologies: specification, creation, integration and exploration; automatic ontology-mapping techniques

2.4. Automatic e-contracting: specification and monitoring of e-contracts with normative environments

2.5. Computational trust and reputation for Electronic Business

3. Inter-organizational workflow

Mandatory literature

Maria Fasli; Agent technology for e-commerce. ISBN: 978-0-470-03030-1

Complementary Bibliography

Sarit Kraus; Strategic negotiation in multiagent environments. ISBN: 0-262-11264-7

Teaching methods and learning activities

Project and research-oriented learning. Implementation assignments. Theoretical presentation of course unit themes. Presentation of case studies.

Software

JADE (Java Agent Development Environment)
ANTE

keywords

Technological sciences > Technology > Information technology > E-business
Technological sciences > Technology > Information technology > Virtual organisations

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	42,00	10,00
Case-study research	Trabalho laboratorial	35,00	25,00
Project implementation	Trabalho laboratorial	70,00	50,00
Scientific article writting	Trabalho escrito	15,00	15,00
	Total:	-	100,00

Eligibility for exams

Student may not exceed the allowed limit of absences.

Calculation formula of final grade

Distributed Evaluation comprises:

• individual presentation of a case-study: 25%
• group project implementation: 40%
• oral presentation of the project: 10%
• scientific article documenting the project: 15%
• student performance assessment along the semester: 10%

To successfully complete the course, students have to reach a minimum grade of 35% in each of the components listed above.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Students with special status have to fulfill all the assessment components.

The assessment at a special season will be based on:

• individual presentation of a case-study: 25%
• project implementation and presentation: 60%
• scientific article documenting the project: 15%

To successfully complete the course unit, students have to reach a minimum grade of 35% in each of the components listed above.

Classification improvement

Students may improve their grades in the next course edition.