Intelligent Agents and Their Applications

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Chen, Zhengxin (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Ichalkaranje, Nikhil (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Heidelberg : Physica-Verlag HD : Imprint: Physica, 2002.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2002.
• Series: Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing, 98
• Subjects: Artificial intelligence.; Computer-aided engineering.; Electrical engineering.; Artificial Intelligence.; Computer-Aided Engineering (CAD, CAE) and Design.; Electrical Engineering.

Intelligent agents are one of the most promising business tools in our information rich world. An intelligent agent consists of a software system capable of performing intelligent tasks within a dynamic and unpredictable environment. They can be characterised by various attributes including: autonom...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Agent-based intelligent information dissemination in dynamically changing environments
• 2. Automating human information agents
• 3. Knowledge robots for knowledge workers: self-learning agents connecting information and skills
• 4. Ontologies in Web intelligence
• 5. Software agents for Internet-based systems and their design
• 6. Compositional design and maintenance of broker agents
• 7. Collective behavior evolution in a group of cooperating agents
• 8. Applications of information agent systems
• 9. The use of virtual worlds and animated personas to improve healthcare knowledge and self-care behavior: the case of the Heart-Sense game
• 10. Using agents to build a practical implementation of the INCA (Intelligent Community Alarm) system
• List of contributors.