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Agent technology has recently become one of the most vibrant
and fastest growing areas in information technology. Equally, advanced digital
communications is now recognized as a central enabling technology for the coming
information society. So software agents and their exploitation in future communication
systems, are attracting particular attention not only from agent and telecommunications
development companies, but also from trading, financial and other user communities
interested in everyday private and professional digital communications applications.
This monograph-like anthology is the first systematic introduction to software
agents and their application to future communications systems. Fifteen coherently
written chapters by leading software agent researchers provide complementary coverage
of the relevant issues. Multi-agent systems and mobile agent approaches are presented,
in a well-balanced way and applied to the most important topics in future communications
systems. In addition, the volume editors have provided detailed introductory survey
chapters.
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