Coordination of Internet Agents: Models, Technologies, and Applications

Omicini, Andrea; Zambonelli, Franco; Klusch, Matthias; Tolksdorf, Robert

As today's most complex computing environment, the Internet confronts IT researchers, system designers, and application developers with completely new challenges and, as a fascinating new computing paradigm, agent technology has recently attracted broad interest and strong hopes for shaping the future information society. Relating both, the Internet and agents, opens up a whole new range of advanced applications in vibrant subfields of information technology such as middleware, mobile commerce, e-learning, collaborative working, and intelligent information services. Many modern advanced systems are likely to exploit Internet agents - and exploiting Internet agents mostly means dealing with coordination models and technologies of various sorts. This monograph-like anthology is the first systematic guide to models and enabling technologies for the coordination of intelligent agents on the Internet and respective applications.

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Published by: Springer

Publication Date: 2010-12-07

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9783642074882

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-04401-8

Dimensions: 235cm x155cm

Pages: 524