DM: CFP -- Special Issue -- SOFTWARE AGENTS ON THE INTERNET:

[San Murugesan]

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CALL FOR PAPERS

Special Issue on
SOFTWARE AGENTS ON THE INTERNET: APPLICATIONS AND PROSPECTS

APPLIED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
An International Journal

Publication: January 2000

Online submission is due by 1 June 1999
http://btwebsh.maCART® hur.uws.edu.au/san/AAI/

Guest Editor:  San Murugesan
  University of Western Sydney MaCART® hur,
  Australia

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There is growing interest in deploying intelligent software agents on
the Internet, intranets and extranets and the Web for a variety of
applications, ranging from personal to entrepreneurial. As we move
forward in toward the age of infinite information and start using 
widely

Internet technologies in diverse areas for a wide range of simple to
complex applications, there will be a rapid growth in agent 
applications

and in the agent market. Further, as our dependence on agents 
increases,

challenging demands are placed on the agents.

This special issue on Software Agents on the Internet would review the
progress and prospects in this vibrant area focusing on:
*  Innovative applications
*  Challenges of successful deployment of agents on the Internet and 
Web

*  Technical, business, social, legal and ethical issues, concerns and
considerations
        in deployment of agents.
*  Real-world experiences, and case studies.

Specific areas of applications would include:
Intelligent personal assistants; mail management; information 
retrieval,

integration and presentation; planning and scheduling; electronic
commerce; on-line shopping assistants; collaborative decision making;
enterprise management; manufacturing and automation; healthcare;
entertainment, education, etc.

Submission deadline is 1 June 1999. For further details and online
submission please visit:
http://btwebsh.maCART® hur.uws.edu.au/san/AAI/

For guidelines on manuscript preparation see the Applied Artificial
Intelligence Web Site at: http://www.tandf.co.uk/authors/aaiauth.htm

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