Agent Technology: Foundations, Applications, and Markets - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3540635912 ISBN 13: 9783540635918

Publisher: Springer, 1998

Synopsis

Agents represent an exciting and promising new approach to building a wide range of software applications. Agents are autonomous problem-solving entities that are able to flexibly solve problems in complex, dynamic environments, without receiving permanent guidance from the user.
Agent Technology: Foundations, Applications and Markets is the first book to provide an integrative presentation of the issues, challenges and success of designing, building and using agent applications. The chapters presented are written by internationally leading authorities in the field. The book provides, for a general audience, a unique overview on agent technology applications, ranging from an introduction to the technical foundations to reports on dealing with specific agent systems in practice.

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Product Description

The first book to provide an integrative presentation of the issues, challenges and success of designing, building and using agent applications. The chapters presented are written by internationally leading authorities in the field, with a general audience in mind. The result is a unique overview of agent technology applications, ranging from an introduction to the technical foundations to reports on dealing with specific agent systems in practice.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3540635912
• ISBN 13: 9783540635918
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 333
• Editor: Jennings Nicholas R., Wooldridge Michael J.