Intelligent Agents and Their Applications

ISBN-13: 9783790814699 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 339 str.

L. C. Jain; Zhangxin Chen; N. S. Ichalkaranje

Opis

Intelligent agents - software systems capable of performing tasks within a dynamic and unpredictable environment - are one of the most promising business tools in our information rich world. This text covers a selection of research results that demonstrate the applications of agents in society.

Spis treści

1. Agent-based intelligent information dissemination in dynamically changing environments.- 2. Automating human information agents.- 3. Knowledge robots for knowledge workers: self-learning agents connecting information and skills.- 4. Ontologies in Web intelligence.- 5. Software agents for Internet-based systems and their design.- 6. Compositional design and maintenance of broker agents.- 7. Collective behavior evolution in a group of cooperating agents.- 8. Applications of information agent systems.- 9. The use of virtual worlds and animated personas to improve healthcare knowledge and self-care behavior: the case of the Heart-Sense game.- 10. Using agents to build a practical implementation of the INCA (Intelligent Community Alarm) system.- List of contributors.

O autorze

ZHENGXIN CHEN is Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Nebraska.