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by wallflower 6328 days ago
> what are the typical objective elements of the business-relationship process...

This is actually turning out to be a fairly fascinating/interesting topic. Have done some preliminary Google 'research'.

Using Agents as intermediaries for business connecting:

http://www.ifaamas.org/Proceedings/aamas08/proceedings/pdf/i...

Abstract only but some juicy bits:

http://mesharpe.metapress.com/app/home/contribution.asp?refe...

"VisiVenue is an online service helping business people find, connect, and interact with one another more efficiently and effectively - using scored profile matching that gives you a "short list" automatically" http://calendars.techvenue.com/VisiVenue/

And if you're thinking blue-sky (in terms of data access) - merge the physical tracking with online tracking (where people frequent online):

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/22/technology/22proto.html

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Thank you for the feedback, wallflower, and especially for the reading - I'll jump on these articles this weekend.