• DocumentCode
    799613
  • Title

    The softbot approach to OS interfaces

  • Author

    Etzioni, Oren ; Levy, Henry M. ; Segal, Richard B. ; Thekkath, Chandramohan A.

  • Author_Institution
    Washington Univ., Seattle, WA, USA
  • Volume
    12
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1995
  • fDate
    7/1/1995 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    42
  • Lastpage
    51
  • Abstract
    The authors have developed a software robot called a softbot that incorporates the artificial intelligence techniques of planning and machine learning. This flexible, extensible agent handles information requests by letting users specify, what must be accomplished; the system then determines how to accomplish it
  • Keywords
    application program interfaces; learning (artificial intelligence); operating systems (computers); planning (artificial intelligence); robots; software agents; artificial intelligence; flexible extensible agent; machine learning; operating system interfaces; planning; softbot; software robot; Databases; Economic forecasting; Operating systems; Page description languages; Postal services; Programming profession; Robot programming; Terminology; Weather forecasting;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Software, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0740-7459
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/52.391830
  • Filename
    391830