Loading…

Heterogeneous agent systems /

Software agents are the latest advance in the trend toward smaller, modular pieces of code, where each module performs a well-defined, focused task or set of tasks. Programmed to interact with and provide services to other agents, including humans, software agents act autonomously with prescribed ba...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Subrahmanian, V. S.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2000.
©2000
Subjects:
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. IMPACT architecture
  • 3. service description language
  • 4. Accessing legacy data and software
  • 5. IMPACT server implementation
  • 6. Agent programs
  • 7. Meta agent programs
  • 8. Temporal agent programs
  • 9. Probabilistic agent programs
  • 10. Secure agent programs
  • 11. Complexity results
  • 12. Implementing agents
  • 13. An example application
  • 14. Conclusions.