Ebook: Cooperative Information Agents III: Third International Workshop, CIA’99 Uppsala, Sweden, July 31–August 2, 1999 Proceedings

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third International Workshop on Cooperative Information Systems, CIA'99, held in Uppsala, Sweden in July/August 1999.
The 16 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 46 submissions. Also included are ten invited contributions by leading experts. The volume is divided in sections on information discovery and management on the Internet; information agents on the Internet-prototypes systems and applications; communication and collaboration, mobile information agents; rational information agents for electronic business; service mediation and negotiation; and adaptive personal assistance.

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third International Workshop on Cooperative Information Systems, CIA'99, held in Uppsala, Sweden in July/August 1999.
The 16 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 46 submissions. Also included are ten invited contributions by leading experts. The volume is divided in sections on information discovery and management on the Internet; information agents on the Internet-prototypes systems and applications; communication and collaboration, mobile information agents; rational information agents for electronic business; service mediation and negotiation; and adaptive personal assistance.

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third International Workshop on Cooperative Information Systems, CIA'99, held in Uppsala, Sweden in July/August 1999.
The 16 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 46 submissions. Also included are ten invited contributions by leading experts. The volume is divided in sections on information discovery and management on the Internet; information agents on the Internet-prototypes systems and applications; communication and collaboration, mobile information agents; rational information agents for electronic business; service mediation and negotiation; and adaptive personal assistance.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XI
Agent Technology from a NASA Perspective....Pages 1-33
Digital City Kyoto: Towards a Social Information Infrastructure....Pages 34-46
Autonomous Search for Information in an Unknown Environment....Pages 47-60
Resource Management in Agent-based Distributed Environments....Pages 61-85
A Multi-agent Architecture for an Intelligent Website in Insurance....Pages 86-100
Formation of Cooperative Behavior among Information Agents in Web Repository Change Monitoring Service....Pages 101-112
GETESS—Searching the Web Exploiting German Texts....Pages 113-124
An Agent Based System for Intelligent Collaborative Filtering....Pages 125-136
Inter-Agent Communication in Cooperative Information Agent-Based Systems....Pages 137-148
Intention Reconciliation in the Context of Teamwork: An Initial Empirical Investigation....Pages 149-162
A Similarity Evaluation Technique for Cooperative Problem Solving with a Group of Agents....Pages 163-174
A Computational Model for a Cooperating Agent System....Pages 175-195
Mobile Agents Behaviours: From Declarative Specifications to Implementation....Pages 196-207
Maintaining Specialized Search Engines through Mobile Filter Agents....Pages 208-219
Execution Monitoring in Adaptive Mobile Agents....Pages 220-231
Mobile-Agent Mediated Place Oriented Communication....Pages 232-242
Agents and Electronic Commerce: Mechanisms and Protocols (Abstract)....Pages 243-244
The Role of Agent Technology in Business to Business Electronic Commerce....Pages 245-264
An Agency-Based Framework for Electronic Business....Pages 265-290
Secure Agent-Mediated Auctionlike Negotiation Protocol for Internet Retail Commerce....Pages 291-302
Semantic Information Brokering: How Can a Multi-agent Approach Help?....Pages 303-322
Arbitration and Matchmaking for Agents with Conflicting Interests....Pages 323-334
Enabling Integrative Negotiations by Adapitve Software Agents....Pages 335-346
An Adaptive Conversational Interface for Destination Advice....Pages 347-364
Anticipation Delegation, and Demonstration: Why Talking to Agents Is Hard....Pages 365-389
A Cooperative Comprehension Assistant for Intranet-Based Information Environments....Pages 390-401
Back Matter....Pages 403-403

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third International Workshop on Cooperative Information Systems, CIA'99, held in Uppsala, Sweden in July/August 1999.
The 16 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 46 submissions. Also included are ten invited contributions by leading experts. The volume is divided in sections on information discovery and management on the Internet; information agents on the Internet-prototypes systems and applications; communication and collaboration, mobile information agents; rational information agents for electronic business; service mediation and negotiation; and adaptive personal assistance.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XI
Agent Technology from a NASA Perspective....Pages 1-33
Digital City Kyoto: Towards a Social Information Infrastructure....Pages 34-46
Autonomous Search for Information in an Unknown Environment....Pages 47-60
Resource Management in Agent-based Distributed Environments....Pages 61-85
A Multi-agent Architecture for an Intelligent Website in Insurance....Pages 86-100
Formation of Cooperative Behavior among Information Agents in Web Repository Change Monitoring Service....Pages 101-112
GETESS—Searching the Web Exploiting German Texts....Pages 113-124
An Agent Based System for Intelligent Collaborative Filtering....Pages 125-136
Inter-Agent Communication in Cooperative Information Agent-Based Systems....Pages 137-148
Intention Reconciliation in the Context of Teamwork: An Initial Empirical Investigation....Pages 149-162
A Similarity Evaluation Technique for Cooperative Problem Solving with a Group of Agents....Pages 163-174
A Computational Model for a Cooperating Agent System....Pages 175-195
Mobile Agents Behaviours: From Declarative Specifications to Implementation....Pages 196-207
Maintaining Specialized Search Engines through Mobile Filter Agents....Pages 208-219
Execution Monitoring in Adaptive Mobile Agents....Pages 220-231
Mobile-Agent Mediated Place Oriented Communication....Pages 232-242
Agents and Electronic Commerce: Mechanisms and Protocols (Abstract)....Pages 243-244
The Role of Agent Technology in Business to Business Electronic Commerce....Pages 245-264
An Agency-Based Framework for Electronic Business....Pages 265-290
Secure Agent-Mediated Auctionlike Negotiation Protocol for Internet Retail Commerce....Pages 291-302
Semantic Information Brokering: How Can a Multi-agent Approach Help?....Pages 303-322
Arbitration and Matchmaking for Agents with Conflicting Interests....Pages 323-334
Enabling Integrative Negotiations by Adapitve Software Agents....Pages 335-346
An Adaptive Conversational Interface for Destination Advice....Pages 347-364
Anticipation Delegation, and Demonstration: Why Talking to Agents Is Hard....Pages 365-389
A Cooperative Comprehension Assistant for Intranet-Based Information Environments....Pages 390-401
Back Matter....Pages 403-403
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