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The prerequisites of success and reasons for failure for enterprise integration projects are still not wellunderstood as evidenced by large failure rates, including cost or schedu...
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The behavior of a complex system often depends on parameters whose values are unknown in advance. To operate effectively, an autonomous agent must actively gather information on t...
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