22. A method for searching for a product by a consumer, comprising in combination the steps of: selecting a decision agent manager to supervise the subsequent steps; composing a decision query; creating a decision agent; delivering the decision agent to a specified market; accepting the decision agent by the market; and searching for the product.
26. A method for searching for a product according to claim 22 wherein the step of searching for the product comprises, in combination, the steps of: searching for the product as soon as possible; if performing a search that will continue for a period of time, delivering the decision agent to queue of pending agents; and if performing a search that will return results as soon as possible, ending the decision search.