The Information Agent: an infrastructure agent supporting collaborative enterprise architectures

Author

Barbuceanu, Mihai ; Fox, Mark S.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Ind. Eng., Toronto Univ., Ont., Canada

fYear

1994

fDate

17-19 Apr 1994

Firstpage

112

Lastpage

116

Abstract

We introduce the Information Agent as a component of the information infrastructure supporting collaborative computing environments. We discuss the functions of the Information Agent, describe an architecture based on an agent program and a knowledge management system and present out choices for these components. We show how the architecture can be designed and implemented using description logic representation systems and argue for the advantages of this approach. Then we show how services supporting time-map management, conflict resolution, deductive queries and change management have been introduced and how all of these support the functions of the Information Agent

Keywords

commerce; groupware; information systems; office automation; Information Agent; change management; collaborative computing; collaborative enterprise architectures; conflict resolution; deductive queries; description logic representation systems; infrastructure agent; knowledge management system; time-map management; Collaboration; Computer architecture; Environmental management; Industrial engineering; Information management; Intelligent agent; Knowledge management; Knowledge representation; Logic design; Protocols;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Enabling Technologies: Infrastructure for Collaborative Enterprises, 1994. Proceedings., Third Workshop on

Conference_Location

Morgantown, WV

Print_ISBN

0-8186-5705-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ENABL.1994.330495

Filename

330495