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by Michael N. Huhns (Editor), Munindar P. Singh (Editor) "the resource agents and then query them for the information they need. A web agent can do its job well only if it can take..." (more)
Key Phrases: agi infers, task execution agent, focal point algorithm, International Conference, Morgan Kaufmann, New York (more...)
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"As well as featuring an extremely large and diverse collection of papers on the latest in Agent based technologies, this book has a wonderful introduction by the Editors. If you are considering, or indulging in, researching agent software then you need this book."
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"As well as featuring an extremely large and diverse collection of papers on the latest in Agent based technologies, this book has a wonderful introduction by the Editors. If you are considering, or indulging in, researching agent software then you need this book."
--gary.smith@dial.pipex.com from Glasgow, Scotland

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  • Paperback: 523 pages
  • Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann; 1 edition (October 15, 1997)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1558604952
  • ISBN-13: 978-1558604957
  • Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.6 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,912,464 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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the resource agents and then query them for the information they need. A web agent can do its job well only if it can take advantage not only of all the information resources in the web but also of all the other agents that might be operating there. Read the first page
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agi infers, task execution agent, focal point algorithm, exact value iteration, domain knowledge repository, integrating concurrent engineering systems, fax domain, decoy task, speech dialog subsystem, untrusted interpreter, advisory behaviors, behavior sequencing engine, intimate computer, articulation axioms, local information constraint, segmented interaction history, cooperation primitives, multiagent contracts, distributed configuration design, local autonomous agents, representation incommensurability, transportable agents, interagent communication language, dynamically sequencing, failure indeterminacy
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International Conference, Morgan Kaufmann, New York, Stanford University, San Mateo, Cambridge University Press, San Francisco, Palo Alto, Shallow Request Handler, Deep Request Handler, Los Angeles, Carnegie Mellon University, International Workshop, First Virtual, Herman the Bug, Chun-Nan Hsu, Agent Theories, Elsevier Science Publishers, Lecture Notes, Oxford University Press, Yigal Arens, General Magic, Harvard University Press, Joseph Bates, Knowledge Systems Laboratory
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As well as featuring an extremely large and diverse collection of papers on the latest in Agent based technologies, this book has a wonderful introduction by the Editors. If you are considering, or indulging in, researching agent software then you need this book.
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