Intelligent Software Agents
Subtitle: Foundations and Applications
By: by Walter Brenner, Rüdiger Zarnekow, Hartmut Wittig
Contributors: Zarnekow, Rüdiger; Wittig, Hartmut
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Berlin, Heidelberg
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 326
ISBN-13: 9783642804861; 9783642804847
Subjects: Multimedia systems; Computer science; Artificial intelligence; Management information systems
Description: Starting from case studies, the authors develop a methodical representation of intelligent software agents. After laying the foundations they give a comprehensive description of the basic building blocks of agents and agent systems. These include in particular the architectural possibilities for constructing intelligent software agents and cooperation and communication in multiagent systems. Following the discussion of relevant development methods and tools, the application areas for intelligent software agents are explained. In numerous examples the reader will find extensive descriptions of individual software agents, among others the agents Firefly and Kasbah. Equal importance is attached to both the basic building blocks and the practical implementation of intelligent software agents. The book is equally suitable for both users and developers.
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Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Foundations: Agents as Tools of the Information Society; title: Foundations of Intelligent Software Agents; title: Basic Building Blocks of Agent Systems; title: Development Methods and Tools; title: Applications: Application Areas for Intelligent Software Agents; title: Outlook; title: References; title: Index.