Agent based digital libraries: decentralization and coordination

  • Authors:
  • P. C. Weinstein;W. P. Birmingham;E. H. Durfee

  • Affiliations:
  • Artificial Intelligence Lab., Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor, MI;-;-

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Communications Magazine
  • Year:
  • 1999

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Abstract

This article describes agent-based systems and explains why digital libraries should be built with this type of architecture. The primary advantage of agent-based architecture is decentralization, which enables scaling, flexibility, and extensibility. The corresponding requirement is the need to coordinate agent activity. We describe the approach taken by the University of Michigan Digital Library project