New Advances in E-Commerce

Abstract

Advances in computers design and communication technology have lead to introduction of global, dynamic and intelligent e-business models and new tools for e-commerce. These models use artificial intelligence techniques and web2 technologies to perform online transactions between businesses and customers. As the number of clients over the Internet grows rapidly advanced intelligent e-business models are needed to efficiently respond to clients with an optimum selection for their requests. In B2C models there are a large numbers of buyers and sellers where buyers specify their preferences and sellers specify their products and selling prices. The major role of AI techniques in B2C e-commerce is to come up with the best match between a buyer and seller. In B2B the major role of AI techniques is supply chain management to help clients taking the right decisions. Modern tools used by intelligent E-commerce models include: algorithmic trading, decentralized autonomous corporations (DAC), crypto-currency systems, smart contracts, Internet of Things, cloud computing and big data analytics.