Build your own intelligent agent system…
Intelligent agent technology is a tool of modern computer
science that can be used to engineer complex computer programmes
that behave rationally in dynamic and changing environments.
Applications range from small programmes that intelligently search
the Web buying and selling goods via electronic commerce, to
autonomous space probes.
This powerful technology is not widely used, however, as
developing intelligent agent software requires high levels of
training and skill. The authors of this book have developed
and tested a methodology and tools for developing intelligent agent
systems. With this methodology (Prometheus) developers
can start agent-oriented designs and implementations easily from
scratch saving valuable time and resources.
Developing Intelligent Agent Systems not only answers the
questions ’what are agents?’ and ’why are they
useful?’ but also the crucial question: ’how do I
design and build intelligent agent systems?’ The book covers
everything a practitioner needs to know to begin to effectively use
this technology – including an introduction to the notion of
agents, a description of the concepts involved, and a software
engineering methodology.
Read on for:
* a practical step-by-step introduction to designing and building
intelligent agent systems.
* a full life-cycle methodology for developing intelligent agent
systems covering specification, analysis, design and implementation
of agents.
* PDT: Prometheus Design Tool – software support for
the Prometheus design process.
* the example of an electronic bookstore to illustrate the design
process throughout the book.
Electronic resources including the Prometheus Design Tool (PDT),
can be found at: href=’http://www.cs.rmit.edu.au/agents/prometheus’>http://www.cs.rmit.edu.au/agents/prometheus
This book is aimed at industrial software developers, software
engineers and at advanced undergraduate students. It assumes
knowledge of basic software engineering but does not require
knowledge of Artificial Intelligence or of mathematics. Familiarity
with Java will help in reading the examples in chapter 10.
Innehållsförteckning
Foreword from the Series Editor.
Preface.
Acknowledgements.
1. Agents and Multi-Agent Systems.
2. Concepts for Building Agents.
3. Overview of the Prometheus Methodology.
4. System Specification.
5. Architectural Design: Specifying the Agent Types.
6. Architectural Design: Specifying the Interactions.
7. Finalizing the Architectural Design.
8. Detailed Design: Agents, Capabilities and Processes.
9. Detailed Design: Capabilities, Plans and Events.
10. Implementing Agent Systems.
Appendix A: Electronic Bookstore.
Appendix B: Descriptor Forms.
Appendix C:The AUML Notaton.
Bibliography.
Index.
Om författaren
Lin Padgham is the author of Developing Intelligent Agent Systems: A Practical Guide, published by Wiley.
Michael Winikoff is the author of Developing Intelligent Agent Systems: A Practical Guide, published by Wiley.
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