COLLAGEN: when agents collaborate with people
Readings in agents
An experiment in the design of software agents
Readings in agents
IEEE Internet Computing
IEEE Internet Computing
A Policy-Based Approach to Personalization of Communication over Converged Networks
POLICY '02 Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on Policies for Distributed Systems and Networks (POLICY'02)
ACM Transactions on Internet Technology (TOIT)
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Already there are simple personal agents to help with some of our shopping. There are agents to track stocks in our portfolios, advise us on how to use particular software products, and arrange meetings within corporate workgroups. However, none of these agents takes more than one aspect of our activities into account, nor do they adapt easily to our preferences. Personal assistants, on the other hand, are agents that can represent individuals on the Web. They help users in their day-to-day activities, especially those involving information retrieval, negotiation, or coordination. A personal assistant might schedule a meeting and then, based on the meeting location, find the nearest babysitting service or the ATM with the lowest transaction fee. The paper discusses the interaction framework, negotiation, profiles and standards