Software Agents for Future Communication Systems: . [Hardcover]

Alex Hayzelden (Editor), John Bigham (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 11, 1999

Agent technology has recently become one of the most vibrant and fastest growing areas in information technology. And advanced digital communicatiion is a central enabling technology for the coming information society. So software agents and their exploitation for future communication systems are attracting particular attention from the research and development community as well as from economic and user communities interested in everyday private and professional digital communication applications. This monograph-like anthology is the first systematic introduction to software agents and future communication systems. Fifteen coherently written chapters by leading software agent researchers provide complementary coverage of the relevant issues. Multi-agent systems and mobile agent approaches are presented in a well-balanced way and applied to most important topics in future communication systems. In addition, the volume editors have provided a detailed introductory survey chapters.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 381 pages
• Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (June 11, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 3540655786
• ISBN-13: 978-3540655787
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.4 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,147,907 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great overview book on hot subject, June 26, 2000

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Moshe Bar-Nachoom (Israel) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Software Agents for Future Communication Systems: . (Hardcover)

I eagerly waited this book, and was not dissappointed. This book covers in 15 chapters one of the hottest topics in computer advancements - intellegent agents and their important role in future comm based systems. The first two chapters are an introduction to the subject, begining with the low level details, so each can find his/her way and feel right at home. The rest 13 chapters introduce different problems by various groups of authors and researchers and their approach to the presented problem. This book is an eye opener and provocator. I like the diversity and approch, as well as always having the pleasure of reading such excellent work. This is not a technical book, and as such is a great starting point to the exciting area of intelligent agents. If you are starting your way, or would like to have a good look around this is definately the book for you. If you want a more technical book, the "Multiagent Systems : A Modern Approach to Distributed Artificial Intelligence" by Gerhard Weiss is a better resource. But All in all, I love this book!