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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"agent technology"”.
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Design and implementation of a mobile agent management and tracking system.
In the age of information overflow, the mobile agent technology has become an important paradigm. They are supposed to address many problems such as reducing network traffic, surmounting network latencies and improving robustness and fault-tolerant capabilities of distributed systems. Mobile agents …
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Applying mobile agents technology to intrusion detection and response
… These capabilities are obtained by using mobile agent technology, utilizing network topology features, and by restricting the communication allowed between different types of IDS components.
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A Security Model for Mobile Agents using X.509 Proxy Certificates
Mobile agent technology presents an attractive alternative to the client-server paradigm for several network and real-time applications. However, for most applications, the lack of a viable agent security model has limited the adoption of the agent paradigm. This thesis presents a security model …
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Modelling trust management in agent-to-agent security scenario
… search, retrieve, and share information. Mobile agent technology has had a great impact in providing solutions in different dimensions of distributed systems. This research work presents the development and implementation of trust management model that ensures agents communicating in a …
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The design and implementation of a multi-agent architecture to increase coordination efficiency in multi-AUV operations
… executive has been created that uses multi-agent technology to control and coordinate multiple AUVs in communication deficient environments. By incorporating real time vehicle prediction, blackboardbased hierarchical mission plans and mission optimisation in conjunction with a simple …
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The Assessment Agent System: Assessing Comprehensive Understanding Based on Concept Maps
… explores the feasibility of employing software agent technology to support large-scale assessment. The research included the design, development, and evaluation of the Assessment Agent System for assessing comprehensive understanding based on concept maps. The system was designed by following an …
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Pervasive handheld computing systems
… concepts. The first step utilises reconfigurable technology to enhance the physical hardware resources within the environment of a handheld device. This approach recognises that reconfigurable computing has the potential to dynamically increase the system functionality and versatility of a …
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Knowledge search for new product development: a multi-agent based methodology
… methodology and system has been developed. Agent technology is used to fulfil the requirements of enterprise search. Some initial tests were conducted to better understand implementation issues and future deployment of the methodology and system in practice.
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Protecting agents against malicious host attacks
The introduction of agent technology raises several security issues that are beyond conventional security mechanisms capability and considerations, but research in protecting the agent from malicious host attack is evolving. This research proposes two approaches to protecting an agent from being …
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User interface agents in electronic commerce applications
A User Interface Agent (UIA) is a software entity that assists its users in effectively using the user interface software. In electronic commerce applications, the user interface software plays an important role. Users of different kinds and backgrounds will use this software with different …
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Component-based Intelligent Control Architecture for Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems
… systems. Some new developments in Information Technology (IT) bring new opportunities to overcome the inflexibility that shadowed control systems for years. Component-based software development gains its popularity in 1990's. However, some well-known drawbacks, such as complexity and poor …
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Agent Oriented Software Engineering (AOSE) Approach to Game Development Methodology
… business of creating games. The primary aim of Agent Oriented Agile Base (AOAB) game development methodology is to present game development techniques in sequential steps to facilitate game creation and close the gap in the existing game development methodologies. Agent technology is used in …
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Agent-based open connectivity for decision support systems
… of a DSS. The emergence of intelligent agent technology fulfils the requirements of developing innovative and efficient DSS applications as intelligent agents offer various advantages, such as mobility, flexibility, intelligence, etc., to tackle the major problems in existing DSSs. …
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An agent-based adaptive join algorithm for building data warehouses
… and effectiveness of utilising software agent technology for distributed information systems. A novel agent- based adaptive join algorithm called AJoin for effective and efficient online join operations in distributed data warehouses has been proposed to seamlessly integrate dynamic …
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Territorial Violence and Design, 1950-2010: A Human-Computer Study of Personal Space and Chatbot Interaction
… exploring territoriality, but between humans and technology because machinic agencies transfer, relocate, enact and reenact territorially. Literatures of territoriality, violence and affect are uniquely brought together, with chatbots as the research object to argue that their ongoing development …
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Agentes animados personificados en sistemas interactivos: diseño y evaluación
… en la incorporación de la tecnología de los Agentes Animados Personificados en los sistemas interactivos. Esta Tesis aborda esta problemática desde el punto de vista del diseño y la evaluación en dos áreas de aplicación muy específicas: los sistemas de diálogo hablado (SLDSs) orientados a …