An agent-based system for electronic commerce using recipes

The paper proposes an agent-based system, called SAGE:Francis, to search a commodity or sets of commodities for electronic commerce. This system has the following functions: (1) seamlessly integrating information about commodities distributed over networks by conversational agents; (2) searching for a commodity required by compound conditions; and (3) creating a menu for a search for sets of commodities from legacy knowledge such as cooking recipes. The paper describes the system configuration, interface between agents, and experimental results. As a result, SAGE:Francis successfully supports users when searching for sets of commodities by recipe-based menus and integrated information about commodities stored in databases over networks by conversational agents.