Title :
Distributed intelligent agents
Author :
Sycara, Katia ; Pannu, Anandeep ; Willamson, M. ; Zeng, Dajun ; Decker, Keith
Author_Institution :
Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA, USA
fDate :
12/1/1996 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
In Retsina, the authors have developed a distributed collection of software agents that cooperate asynchronously to perform goal-directed information retrieval and integration for supporting a variety of decision-making tasks. Examples for everyday organizational decision making and financial portfolio management demonstrate its effectiveness
Keywords :
cooperative systems; distributed decision making; expert systems; software agents; Retsina; asynchronous; cooperate; decision-making tasks; distributed; financial portfolio management; goal-directed information retrieval; intelligent agents; organizational decision making; software agents; Decision making; Humans; Information filtering; Information filters; Information retrieval; Intelligent agent; Multiagent systems; Portfolios; Problem-solving; Software agents;
Journal_Title :
IEEE Expert
