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...
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
MIT Press,
©2000.
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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.