The RAND intelligent terminal agent (RITA) as a network access aid

Authors:
Robert H. Anderson;James J. Gillogly
Affiliations:
The RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, California;The RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, California
Venue:
AFIPS '76 Proceedings of the June 7-10, 1976, national computer conference and exposition
Year:
1976

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Abstract

An operational "intelligent terminal agent" system called RITA is described. RITA uses production systems to store heuristics about dealing with the interactive protocols of external information systems. The use of production systems allows RITA to operate in either a pattern-directed or goal-directed manner. By creating new production rules as part of their operation, RITA agents can exhibit learning. Advantages and disadvantages of production systems for creating intelligent terminal agents are discussed, and an annotated transcript of a session with a RITA agent is given to illustrate its ability to aid a user in handling File Transfer Protocol on the ARPANET.