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Intelligent Information Agents

The AgentLink Perspective

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS, volume 2586)

Part of the book sub series: Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-VI
  2. European Research and Development of Intelligent Information Agents: The AgentLink Perspective

  3. Agent-Based Information Systems

    1. MIKS: An Agent Framework Supporting Information Access and Integration

      • Domenico Beneventano, Sonia Bergamaschi, Gionata Gelati, Francesco Guerra, Maurizio Vincini
      Pages 22-49
    2. Picsel and Xyleme: Two Illustrative Information Integration Agents

      • Marie-Christine Rousset, Chantal Reynaud
      Pages 50-78
    3. Adaptive Information Extraction: Core Technologies for Information Agents

      • Nicholas Kushmerick, Bernd Thomas
      Pages 79-103
    4. Agent-Based Distributed Data Mining: The KDEC Scheme

      • Matthias Klusch, Stefano Lodi, Gianluca Moro
      Pages 104-122
  4. Adaptive Information Agents

    1. User Profiling with Privacy: A Framework for Adaptive Information Agents

      • Ian Dickinson, Dave Reynolds, Dave Banks, Steve Cayzer, Poorvi Vora
      Pages 123-151
    2. Implicit Culture for Information Agents

      • Enrico Blanzieri, Paolo Giorgini
      Pages 152-164
    3. From Physical Agents to Recommender Agents

      • Josep Lluís de la Rosa, Esteve del Acebo, Beatriz López, Miquel Montaner
      Pages 165-178
  5. Coordination of Information Agents

    1. Sustainable Coordination

      • Martin Fredriksson, Rune Gustavsson, Alessandro Ricci
      Pages 203-233
    2. The Pragmatics of Software Agents: Analysis and Design of Agent Communication Languages

      • Juan Manuel Serrano, Sascha Ossowski, Alberto Fernández
      Pages 234-273
  6. Back Matter

    Pages 275-275

About this book

This book presents 10 chapters on various aspects of intelligent information agents contributed by members of the respective AgentLink special interest group.

The papers are organized in three parts on agent-based information systems, adaptive information agents, and coordination of information agents. Also included are a comprehensive introduction and surveys for each of the three parts.

Editors and Affiliations

  • German Research Center for Artifical Intelligence Multiagent Systems Group, Saarbrücken, Germany

    Matthias Klusch

  • Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Informazione, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

    Sonia Bergamaschi

  • Department of Computing Science, University of Aberdeen King’s College, Aberdeen, UK

    Pete Edwards

  • Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Vienna, Austria

    Paolo Petta

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