Title :
A taxonomy of middle-agents for the Internet
Author :
Ong, H. Chi W ; Sycara, Katia
Author_Institution :
Robotics Inst., Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Abstract :
Like middle-men in physical world, middle-agents assist in locating and connecting the ultimate (information or goods) provider with the ultimate requester in the electronic world. In this paper, we identify a basic list of dimensions along which middle-agents can differ from one other, and derive a taxonomy
Keywords :
multi-agent systems; Internet; electronic world; middle-agents; taxonomy; Contracts; Databases; Internet; Joining processes; Multiagent systems; Privacy; Robots; Robustness; Taxonomy; Weather forecasting;
Conference_Titel :
MultiAgent Systems, 2000. Proceedings. Fourth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-0625-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICMAS.2000.858527
