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                    NEW BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT

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The following book was released on April 26th, 1999:

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Matthias Klusch (Ed.)
Intelligent Information Agents:
Agent-Based Information Discovery and Management on the Internet

Hardcover; XXII, 528 Pages; 113 Figures; 22 Tables
DM 84.00;  US-$ 54.95  (Recommended Retail Prices)
Springer-Verlag 1999
ISBN 3-540-65112-8
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Agent technology has recently become one of the most vibrant and fastest growing areas in information technology. Within this booming area, intelligent information agents are attracting particular attention from the research and development community as well as from industry and user communities interested in everyday private and professional applications. This monographic text is the first systematic state-of-the-art survey on intelligent information agents. Eighteen coherently written chapters by leading authorities provide complementary coverage of the relevant issues organized in four parts: cooperative information systems and agents; rational information agents and electronic commerce; adaptive information agents; mobile agents and security. In addition, the volume editor has provided a detailed introductory survey chapter, motivational introductions to the four parts, and a comprehensive bibliography listing more than 700 entries.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Foreword by Larry Kerschberg
Preface by Matthias Klusch


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Part I:  Cooperative Information Systems and Agents

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Introduction

1. From Business Processes to Cooperative Information Systems: An
Information Agents Perspective
    M. Papazoglou and W.J. van de Heuvel, Tilburg University, InfoLab,
The Netherlands

2. Social Abstractions for Information Agents
    M. Huhns and M. Singh, University of South Carolina, and North
Carolina State University, USA

3. Integration of Information from Multiple Sources of Textual Data
    S. Bergamaschi and D. Beneventano, University of Modena, Italy

4. In-Context Information Management through Adaptive Collaboration of
Intelligent Agents
    K. Sycara, Carnegie Mellon University, USA

5. A Framework for a Scalable Agent Architecture of Cooperating
Heterogeneous Knowledge Sources
    A. Ouksel, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA


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Part II:   Rational Information Agents and Electronic Commerce

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Introduction

6. Agents as Mediators in Electronic Commerce
     P. Maes, R. Guttman, Alex Moukas, MIT Media Lab, USA

7. Agent-Mediated Auctions: The Fishmarket Metaphor
     P. Noriega and C. Sierra, Institut dínvestigacio en Intelligencia
Artificial, Spain

8. Strategic Reasoning and Adaptation in an Information Economy
    Ed Durfee, J. Vidal, S. Park, T. Mullen, P. Weinstein, and A.
Armstrong,
    University of Michigan, USA

9. Shared Plans in Electronic Commerce
    M. Hadad and S. Kraus, Bar-Ilan University, Israel

10. Dynamic Supply Chain Structuring for Electronic Commerce Among
Agents
      D. Zeng and K. Sycara, Carnegie Mellon University, USA.


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Part III:   Adaptive Information Agents

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Introduction

11. Adaptive Choice of Information Sources
      S. Sen, A. Biswas, and S. Ghosh, University of Tulsa, USA

12. Personal Assistants for the Web: An MIT Perspective
      H. Liebermann, MIT Media Lab, USA

13. Amalthaea and Histos: Multi-Agent Systems for WWW Sites and
Reputation Recommendations
      A. Moukas, G. Zacharias, and P. Maes, MIT Media Lab, USA

14. Scalable Web Search by Adaptive On-line Agents: An InfoSpiders 
Case
Study
      F. Menczer, and A.E. Monge, University of Iowa and Dayton, USA


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Part IV:   Mobile  Information Agents and Security

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Introduction

15. Mobile Agents for Distributed Information Retrieval
      B. Brewington, K. Moizumi, G. Cybenko, R. Gray, D. Kotz, D. Rus
      Dartmouth College, USA

16. Coordination Patterns of Mobile Information Agents
      R. Tolksdorf, Technical University of Berlin, Germany

17. Spawning Information Agents on the Web
      O. Shehory, Carnegie Mellon University, USA

18. Securing Mobile Agents
      C. F. Tschudin, University of Zurich, Switzerland

About the Authors
Bibliography

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Dr. Matthias Klusch
German AI Research Center Ltd.
Stuhlsatzenhausweg 3
66123 Saarbruecken, Germany
Phone: +49-681-302 5297
Fax:   +49-681-302 2235
<http://www.dfki.de/~klusch/>http://www.dfki.de/~klusch/
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