Title :
Benevolent agents
Author :
Huhns, Michael N. ; Mohamed, Abdulla
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
Some agents roaming the Web these days are benevolent-for example, they may clean up stalled or failed database transactions, or share query results that may have cost substantial resources to acquire and might consume more to share. The Agent Behavior Testbed is a tool for studying the economics of agent altruism. As more agents hit the Internet, benevolence and cooperation will help with overall efficiency and productivity. The paper discusses benevolent agents on the Web
Keywords :
Internet; information resources; software agents; Agent Behavior Testbed; Internet; World Wide Web; agent altruism; benevolent agents; database transactions; query results; Data mining; Databases; Degradation; Filters; Memory; Performance analysis; Personal digital assistants; Remuneration; Resource management; Web and internet services;
Journal_Title :
Internet Computing, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/4236.761661
