Intelligent Software Agents: Foundations and Applications

✍ Scribed by Walter Brenner, Rüdiger Zarnekow, Hartmut Wittig (auth.)

Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 1998
Tongue: English
Leaves: 329
Edition: 1
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

Starting from case studies, the authors develop a methodical representation of intelligent software agents. After laying the foundations they give a comprehensive description of the basic building blocks of agents and agent systems. These include in particular the architectural possibilities for constructing intelligent software agents and cooperation and communication in multiagent systems. Following the discussion of relevant development methods and tools, the application areas for intelligent software agents are explained. In numerous examples the reader will find extensive descriptions of individual software agents, among others the agents Firefly and Kasbah. Equal importance is attached to both the basic building blocks and the practical implementation of intelligent software agents. The book is equally suitable for both users and developers.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages I-VII
Introduction....Pages 1-3
Front Matter....Pages 5-5
Agents as Tools of the Information Society....Pages 7-18
Fundamental Concepts of Intelligent Software Agents....Pages 19-34
Base Modules of Agent Systems....Pages 35-151
Development Methods and Tools....Pages 153-188
Front Matter....Pages 189-189
Application Areas for Intelligent Software Agents....Pages 191-302
The Future....Pages 303-304
Back Matter....Pages 305-327

✦ Subjects

Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet); Business Information Systems; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics); Multimedia Information Systems

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