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Agent Technology Handbook (The McGraw-Hill series on computer communications) - Softcover

Chorafas, Dimitris N.

 
9780070119239: Agent Technology Handbook (The McGraw-Hill series on computer communications)

Synopsis

This text is aimed at technically sophisticated network managers and designers who need to know what agents are and what they can do for their corporate networks and Internet capabilities. It covers security and network management with agents.

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From the Publisher

Help your knowledge workers perform at peak efficiency!
While applications of intelligent agents are growing dramatically, most guides addressing implementation issues are overly technical. The latest book in McGraw-Hill's Series on Computer Communications, AGENT TECHNOLOGY HANDBOOK by the renowned author/consultant Dimitris Chorafas, makes agents fully accessible to those who need to understand their background and how they help knowledge workers. The book particularly focuses on the applications of agents in telecommunications and computer communications, including network management with agents.

Using a management orientation with scores of practical examples, Chorafas discusses architecture characteristics relevant to agents, how to build and use agents, and important aspects of KQML, and C++ Telescript. Crystal-clear chapters explore how to use agents to:

· Concurrently design software and hardware in a network
· Improve software functionality and time to market
· Help with mission-critical functions
· Improve service quality through rapid deployment of knowledge robots
· Enhance reliability and network diagnostics
· Solve the year 2000 problem

Coverage extends to handling the risks of man-made systems, fault tolerance, and the cost of network failures, as well as application of agents to the Internet and private Intranets. Overviews of future developments in agent applications based on MIT's latest projects are also included. The AGENT TECHNOLOGY HANDBOOK is the one-stop resource to fully exploit this pathbreaking technology.

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