TPLP
2002
13 years 4 months ago
2002
At present, the search for specific information on the World Wide Web is faced with several problems, which arise on the one hand from the vast number of information sources avail...
DEBU
2000
13 years 4 months ago
2000
A critical problem in developing information agents for the Web is accessing data that is formatted for human use. We have developed a set of tools for extracting data from web si...
AAAI
1998
13 years 5 months ago
1998
We present an approach for optimizing the performance of information agents by materializing useful information . A critical problem with information agents, particularly those ga...
IJCAI
2003
13 years 5 months ago
2003
The information resources on the Web are vast, but much of the Web is based on a browsing paradigm that requires someone to actively seek information. Instead, one would like to h...
CIA
2000
Springer
13 years 8 months ago
2000
Springer
In the near future, billions of entities will be connected to each other through the Internet. The current trend is that an increasingly number of entities, from smart personal dev...
ATAL
2003
Springer
13 years 8 months ago
2003
Springer
Personalized information agents can help overcome some of the limitations of communal Web information sources such as portals and search engines. Two important components of these...
RSCTC
1993
Springer
13 years 8 months ago
1993
Springer
: While the common kinds of uncertainties in databases (e.g., null values, disjunction, corrupt/missing data, domain mismatch, etc.) have been extensively studied, a relatively une...
ISMIS
1994
Springer
13 years 8 months ago
1994
Springer
Abstract: While the problem of incompletedata in databases has been extensively studied, a relatively unexplored form of uncertainty in databases, called inaccurate data, demands d...
DL
1998
Springer
13 years 8 months ago
1998
Springer
In this paper, we present DIAMS, a system of distributed,collaborative information agents which help users access, collect, organize and exchange information on the World Wide Web...
CIA
2000
Springer
13 years 8 months ago
2000
Springer
Abstract. Currently, many kinds of information agents for di erent purposes exist. However, agents from di erent systems are still unable to cooperate, even if they accurately foll...