The figure shows that it is impossible for a user agent to communicate directly with a source agent. All communication between user and source has to go via a broker agent. This means that our information brokers are true middle-agents . Implementation Oriented ID Paradigm ID is well suited for application on the Internet. An implementation oriented paradigm consists of a network built up from sites and links.
Agents reside on the sites and travel via the links of the network.
The figure below sketches the implementation oriented ID paradigm. The figure shows 5 sites of a network with the residing agents. Numerous pages are devoted to intelligent agents. Here, we provide a number of pointers to intelligent agents related information. To Bernd Wondergem's homepage .