A web-based recommender system for end-of-use ICT products

Angelika I. Kokkinaki, Rommert Dekker, Nikos Karacapilidis, Costas Pappis

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    Abstract

    Original Equipment Manufacturers in the Information and Communication Technology sector have recently started to prioritize management of their returns for several reasons. Effective management of returns is a complicated problem due to the uncertainty related to the quantity, quality, timing and place of origin of returns. Exploring the case of end-of-use PCs, this paper describes a web-based system, namely Reverse Logistics Marketplace, in which the interested parties, delegate tasks related to management of returns to software agents, instead of carrying out physical operations. PC users, interested in returning their PCs or their parts, can access the e-marketplace using the PC in request and call for a "trusted-third-party" agent to perform configuration detection and benchmarking of their PC. Potential buyers can also access the e-marketplace to register their collection requests, regarding either complete PCs or modules of them. Advanced features of the system include the permanent existence of agents in the e-marketplace to learn from conducted transactions, their ability to act proactively to initiate a transaction, and the integration of a multiple-criteria decision support tool that performs a comparative evaluation of the collection requests and recommends the optimal recovery option to the PC users.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationTowards the Knowledge Society
    Subtitle of host publicationeCommerce, eBusiness and eGovernment - 2nd IFIP Conference on E-Commerce, E-Business, E-Government, 13E 2002
    PublisherSpringer New York LLC
    Pages601-614
    Number of pages14
    Volume105
    ISBN (Print)9781475768619
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2003
    Event2nd IFIP Conference on E-Commerce, E-Business, E-Government, 13E 2002 - Lisbon, Portugal
    Duration: 7 Oct 20029 Oct 2002

    Publication series

    NameIFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology
    Volume105
    ISSN (Print)1868-4238

    Other

    Other2nd IFIP Conference on E-Commerce, E-Business, E-Government, 13E 2002
    Country/TerritoryPortugal
    CityLisbon
    Period7/10/029/10/02

    Keywords

    • Electronic marketplace
    • Reverse logistics
    • Software agents

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