Bots & Other Internet Beasties [Paperback]

Joseph Williams (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 15, 1996

Spiders, bots and worms (software) scan the Web for information, index it, and bring it back to computer screens -- saving minutes, or even hours, of search time. These intelligent agents comb the Web for new sites, or updated information on old ones, based on keywords you supply. Readers learn how to develop their own agents, and how they can tap into the enormous potential which lies within the Web.
-- Techniques to save endless hours combing the Web for information
-- Teaches how to design intelligent agents
-- Explores ways intelligent agents can help access information for business and home

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Among the recent of swarm of "how-to-build-your-own-internet-software-agent" books. Not heavy on the programming end of things, but a good and comprehensive overview of the current state of the art (ca. early 1996). The big advantage of this volume is that it was collaboratively written by 20 agent researchers representing many implementations and ideological biases. Contains brief but good overviews of the potential use of Java, Tcl/Tk and Telescript in the creation of Internet agents, as well as a CD-ROM for NT, Windows, and Win95 containing Java and Tcl/Tk. Even though I mainly work in a UNIX environment, I've decided to keep a copy in my office at Amazon.com Books as a handy reference on today's and tomorrow's trajectories of Internet software agents.

From the Publisher

Spiders, bots, and worms (software) scan the Web for information, index it, and bring it back to computer screens - saving minutes, or even hours, of search time. These intelligent agents comb the Web for new sites, or updated information on old ones, based on keywords you supply. Readers learn how to develop their own agents, and how they can tap into the enormous potential which lies within the Web.

- Techniques to save endless hours combing the Web for information

- Teaches how to design intelligent agents

- Explores ways intelligent agents can help access information for business and home

Product Details

• Paperback: 505 pages
• Publisher: Pearson Education Ltd. (January 15, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1575210169
• ISBN-13: 978-1575210162
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,461,530 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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