General & Miscellaneous Software, Telecom & Datacom Systems, Telecommunications Technology, Intelligent Agents
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Overview
Culling together chapters written by leading authors and researchers in the field, Agent Technology intersects the convergence between distributed Artificial Intelligence (agents) and telecommunications. Here, researchers and scientists will discover the increased capabilities of agents and how they outperform traditional standards-based network signaling. This valuable resource provides an unparalleled snapshot of the current status of the field.Editorials
Booknews
Illustrates the diversity of communications applications using agent technology, and explains how the agent metaphor is used is practice. The first half of the 22 papers introduce agent technology in the area of service delivery in communications systems. The second part demonstrates how agent technology has been used to tackle various aspects of communications infrastructure to support the control and provisioning of value-added services. Topics include a Java framework for negotiating management agents, secure payments within an agent-based personal travel market, a multi-agent approach to dynamic virtual path management in ATM networks, and intelligent network (IN) load control algorithms. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)From the Publisher
"Will attract attention as one of the leading publications in the intersection between DAI and telecommunications" -Dr Steve Willmott, , EPFL, Switzerland"The work presented is original and is undertaken by leaders in the field."-Dr Stefan Poslad, , Imperial College of Science and Technology and Medicine, University of London
Book Details
Published
November 29, 2000
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Pages
316
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780471498155