Title :
Toward intelligent meeting agents
Author :
Chen, Hsinchun ; Houston, Bdrea ; Nunamaker, Jay ; Yen, Jerome
Author_Institution :
Arizona Univ., Tucson, AZ, USA
fDate :
8/1/1996 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Groupware has produced measurable productivity gains for major corporations in recent years. Agent software enhances productivity even more by helping groupware perform convergent tasks, thus freeing users for more creative work. An experiment with an Al-based software agent shows that it can help users organize and consolidate ideas from electronic brainstorming. The agent recalled concepts as effectively as experienced human meeting facilitators and in a fifth of the time
Keywords :
artificial intelligence; business data processing; groupware; human resource management; idea processors; office automation; software agents; teleconferencing; agent software; artificial intelligence-based software agent; creative work; electronic brainstorming; groupware; human meeting facilitators; intelligent meeting agents; major corporations; productivity gains; Collaboration; Humans; Intelligent agent; Monitoring; Organizing; Productivity; Project management; Vocabulary;
