Intelligent agents are rescuer in the information glut. They help users to find information which better corresponds to their interests and needs. This book describes the architecture and basic modules of an intelligent media agent. A personal television guide is described as an example of intelligent help, addressing the problem of managing TV channels by using an intelligent agent.
Contents: intelligent agents - software agents - programming - fuzzy logic
Target groups: Computer scientists - students - software developers - multimedia and internet programmer
About the Author: Hartmut Wittig is directing the corporate strategy department of "Deutsche Telekom Computer Service Management" (DeTeCSM). In the recent years, H.Wittig has directed multimedia and internet software R&D departments and groups. He gave lectures on "Multimedia Systems" in German universities and worked as Editor in Chief of IEEE Multimedia Newsletter.

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Hartmut Wittig is directing the corporate strategy department of "Deutsche Telekon Computer Service Management" (DeTeCSM), In the recent years, H. Wittig has directed multimedia and internet software R&D departments and groups. He gave lectures on "Multimedia Systems" in German universities and worked as Editor in Chief of IEE Multimedia Newsletter.

Hartmut Wittig ist Zentralbereichsleiter für Unternehmensstrategie bei der Deutschen Telekom Computer Service Management GmbH (DeTeCSM). Das Buch stützt sich auf seine Erfahrungen in leitenden Tätigkeiten der Internet-Softwareentwicklung. In den vergangenen Jahren war er außerdem als Dozent für Multimedia-Systeme an verschiedenen deutschen Universitäten sowie als Herausgeber der IEEE Multimedia Newsletter tätig.

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Book Title: Intelligent Media Agents
Book Subtitle: Key technology for Interactive Television, Multimedia and Internet Applications
Authors: Hartmut Wittig
Series Title: Multimedia-Engineering
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-322-86851-0
Publisher: Vieweg+Teubner Verlag Wiesbaden
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden 1999
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-528-05706-0Published: 29 July 1999
eBook ISBN: 978-3-322-86851-0Published: 29 June 2013
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 180
Topics: Computer Communication Networks, Engineering, general, Artificial Intelligence

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