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Agents on the Web Weaving a Computing Fabric

Michael N. Huhns, John W. Keele, Jim E. Wray, Warren M. Snelling, Greg P. Harhay

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Abstract

Agents — in the form of elves, sprites, avatars, jinis, and genome agents — are forming the new fabric for our computing infrastructure. Working behind the scenes, they are automating mundane tasks to free people for more interesting and creative endeavors. Because they are easy for people to use, agents perform this role well. People work best with things that seem familiar. Software components are typically not familiar, but if the components resemble assistants, aides, helpers, or colleagues, users will feel more in control and be more productive. Agents seem to be the right size as well — larger than methods, which are often too numerous to find and use, but smaller than major applications, which are often too complex to be completely understood. (Does anyone understand all the features in MS Excel?) Agents also enable scalability. An agent-based system can cope with a growing application domain by increasing the number of agents, each agent’s capability, or the computational resources available to each agent. Given their flexibility and all-around suitability for this broad range of tasks, it is not surprising to see the variety of agent-based infrastructures on the landscape.

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APA 7

Huhns, M. N., Keele, J. W., Wray, J. E., Snelling, W. M., & Harhay, G. P. (2008). Agents on the Web Weaving a Computing Fabric.

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Huhns, Michael N., et al. “Agents on the Web Weaving a Computing Fabric.” 2008.

Chicago

Huhns, Michael N., John W. Keele, Jim E. Wray, Warren M. Snelling, and Greg P. Harhay. 2008. “Agents on the Web Weaving a Computing Fabric.”

Harvard

Huhns, M.N. et al. (2008) ‘Agents on the Web Weaving a Computing Fabric’.

BibTeX

@article{huhns2008agents,
  title = {{Agents on the Web Weaving a Computing Fabric}},
  author = {Huhns, Michael N. and Keele, John W. and Wray, Jim E. and Snelling, Warren M. and Harhay, Greg P.},
  year = {2008}
}

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