Commonsense aspects of buying and selling
Date
1996
Authors
Akman, V.
Ersan, M.
Advisor
Instructor
Source Title
Cybernetics and Systems
Print ISSN
0196-9722
Electronic ISSN
1087-6553
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Inc.
Volume
27
Issue
4
Pages
327 - 352
Language
English
Type
Article
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Abstract
We describe an experimental approach toward implementing a commonsense "microtheory" for buying and selling. Our prototype system characterizes how intelligent agents hold items and money, how they buy and sell items, and the way money and items are transferred. The ontology of the system includes money (cash, check, credit card), agents (people, organizations), items (movable, real estate, service), barter, and the notions of transfer, loan, buying by installments, profit, and loss.
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Keywords
Economics, Employment, Finance, Management, Marketing, Buying by Installments, Commonsense, Loan, Loss, Microtheory, Ontology, Profit, Transfer, Economic Cybernetics