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  Agent - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Each agent possesses the ability to act autonomously; this is an important distinction because a simple act of obedience to a command does not qualify an entity as an agent.
Nevertheless in business and in law an agent is often acting on a principal's behalf and has a legal duty to act in that person's best interest.
Agent (law) - In law an agent is a person authorized to act for another person or organization, with delegated authority, such as a person holding a power of attorney under the law of agency also known as an "attorney-in-fact" in contrast to an "attorney at law".
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Agent   (527 words)

  
 Agent
An agent is an autonomous entity with an ontological commitment and agenda of its own.
In elections in the UK, an election agent is responsible for the conduct of a candidate's campaign.
The term agent is also used for sentient programs found in the Matrix that battle the humans fighting for freedom.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/a/ag/agent.html   (351 words)

  
 Agent Technologies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Agents' World is a unique forum on which some of the most important events on agents and multi-agent systems are brought together.
The primary aim of this paper is to integrate (a) the theoretical foundations of BDI agents from both a quantitative decision-theoretic perspective and a symbolic reasoning perspective; (b) the implementations of BDI agents from an ideal theoretical perspective and a more practical perspective; and (c) the building of large-scale applications based on BDI agents.
The Animate Agent Project is part of an on-going effort at the University of Chicago to understand the mechanisms necessary to create intelligent, goal-directed behavior in software and hardware agents.
www.insead.fr /CALT/Encyclopedia/ComputerSciences/Agents   (7544 words)

  
 D'Agent Papers (by topic)
Transportable agents are capable of suspending their execution, transporting themselves to another host on a network, and resuming execution from the point at which they were suspended.
Agents are written in a script language that supports agent relocation, and the language is processed at each host by an agent interpreter.
Agent technology plays a role in two fundamental ways: resources are described, located and tasked using semantic descriptions based on ontologies and semantic services; tracking, fusion and decision-making logic is implemented using agent objects and semantic descriptions as well.
agent.cs.dartmouth.edu /papers   (13446 words)

  
 Multi-agent system - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The agents can be autonomous entities, such as software agents or robots.
Multi-agent systems can manifest self-organization and complex behaviors even when the individual strategies of all their agents are simple.
It is the product of a multi-year DARPA research project into large scale agent systems and includes not only the core architecture but also a variety of demonstration, visualization and management components to simplify the development of complex, distributed applications.
encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /multi-agent_system.htm   (370 words)

  
 User agent - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A user agent is the client application used with a particular network protocol; the phrase is most commonly used in reference to those which access the World Wide Web.
Web user agents range from web browsers to search engine crawlers ("spiders"), as well as screen readers and braille browsers used by people with disabilities.
One result of user agent spoofing is that the market share of web browsers such as Opera and Safari is severely undercounted, and the market share of more popular browsers such as Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer is exaggerated.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/User_agent   (1377 words)

  
 Agent Orange Website
Agent Orange was the code name for a herbicide developed for the military, primarily for use in tropical climates.
Agent Orange was a 50-50 mix of two chemicals, known conventionally as 2,4,D and 2,4,5,T. The combined product was mixed with kerosene or diesel fuel and dispersed by aircraft, vehicle, and hand spraying.
The TCDD found in Agent Orange is thought to be harmful to man. In laboratory tests on animals, TCDD has caused a wide variety of diseases, many of them fatal.
www.lewispublishing.com /orange.htm   (475 words)

  
 Agent Sector   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Anyway....one of the long time Agent veterans around here has a new site up that is serving as a sort of character journal along with a nice "Sights and Sounds" of Rubi-Ka read for those interested.
Agents Destructiva and Minivasn I believe are the 2 main people to give thanks to for getting it up and running again.
I have actually received several emails from agents telling me how the article was great information for them and they started taking that strategy to the game right away with much success.
www.agentsector.com   (2693 words)

  
 D'Agent tutorials
For example, if an agent needs to interact with a resource on the other side of an unreliable network link, it could improve performance by moving itself to some proxy machine on the other side of that link.
Agents that can move themselves to new locations are called mobile agents.
More specifically, a mobile agent is an agent that can move at times of its own choosing from machine to machine in a heterogeneous network.
agent.cs.dartmouth.edu /tutorials   (786 words)

  
 Agent or Program
She adds a crucial element to her definition of an agent: agents must act autonomously so as to "realize a set of goals." Also environments are restricted to being complex and dynamic.
Agents may also be classified by the range and sensitivity of their senses, or by the range and effectiveness of their actions, or by how much internal state they possess.
For example, when a collection of scheduling agents gather to schedule a meeting between their users, they pursue a common goal and intelligent group behavior emerges (see Kautz, Selman, and Coen 1994 for a similar situation.) Yet, as a group, our definition of agent is not met in that persistence is missing.
www.msci.memphis.edu /~franklin/AgentProg.html   (4230 words)

  
 Secret Agent Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Since not much is publicly known about real-life secret agents, the popular conception of the secret agent has been formed largely by 20th and 21st century literature and cinema.
Similar to the character of the private eye, the secret agent is usually a loner, sometimes amoral, an existential hero operating outside the everyday constraints of society.
The hero, a tortured soldier known only by his codename Solid Snake, must infiltrate an enemy controlled territory (be it a tanker, an armed fortress nation, or a captured US government facility) using only a pair of binoculars, a pack of cigarettes, and his wits.
search.localcolorart.com /search/encyclopedia/Secret_Agent   (1037 words)

  
 Agent 3.1 Newsreader + Email
Binary Newsgroups · Agent was the first major newsreader to join multi-part binaries and support yEnc encoding.
Today, Agent remains on the cutting edge of binary Usenet with features such as virtual servers and the newsgroup directory that save you money and time.
Free Agent is a scaled down version of Agent that is free for personal use.
www.forteinc.com /agent   (716 words)

  
 MultiAgent.com: Top
These systems prove that agent technology is mature enough to permit the development of sophisticated applications, like electronic marketplaces, environments for computer-supported cooperative work, or transportation systems.
It is to be held 10-12 October 2005 jointly with Agent 2005 conference in Chicago.
A gentle intoduction to agents - Tutorial on agents with particular emphasis on applications in the telecommunications industry.
www.multiagent.com   (1615 words)

  
 Agentlab at the University of Melbourne
The Intelligent Agent Laboratory (Agentlab) is an active research group conducted jointly between the Departments of Computer Science and Software Engineering (CSSE) Information systems (DIS).
The Agentlab collaborates with international research groups and industry partners, including agent companies that now operate in the vicinity of the University.
Methodology for Designing an Intelligent Agent System Tutorial, including the ROADMAP methodology, to be held at IAT2005).
www.cs.mu.oz.au /agentlab   (304 words)

  
 Microsoft Agent Ring
MASH is an easy to use, award winning, program that lets you to record and playback entertaining Microsoft Agent character presentations by simply dragging characters around the screen and directing what they say and do.
Microsoft Agent is a technology that provides a foundation for more natural ways for people to communicate with their computers.
Microsoft and the Microsoft Agent Logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.
www.msagentring.org   (599 words)

  
 UMBC Agent Web -- news and information on software agent technology
Agents 101 -- start here to learn about agents
Is it an agent or just a program (1/1)
Workshop on Collaboration Agents: Autonomous Agents for Collaborative Environments
agents.umbc.edu   (312 words)

  
 The Multi-Agent Systems Lab
Professor Victor Lesser, is concerned with the development and analysis of sophisticated AI problem-solving and control architectures for both single-agent and multiple-agent systems.
The laboratory has pioneered work in the development of the flboard architecture, approximate processing for use in control and real-time AI, and a wide variety of techniques for the coordination of and negotiation between multiple agents.
Agent Interaction in Distributed MDPs and its Implications on Complexity.
dis.cs.umass.edu   (184 words)

  
 Welcome to the Foundation for Intelligent Physical Agents
FIPA, the standards organization for agents and multi-agent systems was officially accepted by the IEEE as its eleventh standards committee on 8 June 2005.
FIPA was originally formed as a Swiss based organization in 1996 to produce software standards specifications for heterogeneous and interacting agents and agent based systems.
Since its foundations, FIPA has played a crucial role in the development of agents standards and has promoted a number of initiatives and events that contributed to the development and uptake of agent technology.
www.fipa.org   (377 words)

  
 Placement Agent - Glossary - Encyclopedia - Library - VC Experts
A company that specializes in finding institutional investors that are willing and able to invest in a private equity fund or company issuing securities.
Sometimes the "issuer" will hire a placement agent so the fund partners can focus on management issues rather than on raising capital.
An attorney-client relationship does not exist in connection with the non-legal services VC Experts provides.
vcexperts.com /vce/library/encyclopedia/glossary_view.asp?glossary_id=238   (205 words)

  
 Literary agents directory - find an agent
For this reason, agents who charge a reading fee are required to include this fact in their WritersNet profile.
Alternatively, check whether the agent you are considering approaching is a member of the Association of Authors Representatives (US) or the Association of Authors Agents (UK).
But any agent whose terms do not fall within the bounds of what these organizations consider acceptable practice should be approached with caution.
www.writers.net /agents.html   (472 words)

  
 Auto-Graphics, Inc. — Library Automation Systems   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
At its broadest, the AGent portal allows you and your patrons to search globally — across many disparate databases and information resources.
Whether your users need to access a Union Database (UDB) Virtual resources (accessed via the Z39.50 protocol), licensed Reference Databases, or a Hybrid of these, AGent is the perfect tool to provide easy, intuitive searching of all these resources.
For a case study on multiple AGent library applications, click here.
www4.auto-graphics.com /product_agent.html   (272 words)

  
 Copernic Agent - More Than a Simple Web Search Engine
Copernic Agent Basic gives you the ability to cover more of the Web and to get relevant, high quality results from more than 90 search engines grouped into categories.
From a single query, Copernic Agent Basic gives you better search engine results by consulting multiple search engines at once, combining their results, removing duplicates and keeping only the very best of the information gathered from queried search engines.
Even if Copernic Agent Basic offers many features and customization options, it is still stunningly easy to use.
www.copernic.com /en/products/agent   (594 words)

  
 Moon Software - official homepage of Multimedia Xplorer, Password Agent, Backup Magic, Font Xplorer and other fine ...
Password Agent is a password manager program that allows you to store all your passwords, secret notes and data snippets in a single, easy to navigate, and secure database.
Just download the new version and install it on top of your existing Password Agent installation to perform easy and automatic upgrade.
I'm happy to announce that PC World magazine has chosen Password Agent to be included in their prominent 100 Best Products of 2005 list and awarded it with the 2005 PC World World Class award.
www.moonsoftware.com   (314 words)

  
 BIOS Agent
The BIOS Agent is a simple, easy to use program that will automatically identify your computers BIOS and other system information.
The BIOS Agent program is totally harmless, will not damage your system in any way, and no hidden information about your system is submitted to a database without your prior knowledge first.
If you run BIOS Agent and it reports BIOS Agent encountered a problem trying to launch an Internet browser error message or if you click on Submit Results and nothing happens, click here.
www.esupport.com /biosagent   (521 words)

  
 Insurance Dictionary, Reinsurance Dictionary, Finance Dictionary, Legal Dictionary, Employee Benefits Dictionary, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Glossary Agent™ is a unique, annotated gateway to online monolingual, bilingual, and multilingual glossaries of interest to professionals in insurance, reinsurance, risk management, employee benefits, healthcare, and related fields such as law and financial services.
Glossary Agent™ is updated and expanded several times a year.
All glossaries we select for inclusion in Glossary Agent™ load quickly; are user-friendly; offer a broad, or highly specialized, or country-specific selection of terms in a professional area of interest to our target users; and are written for a professional audience.
www.insurancetranslation.com /Glossary_Agent   (367 words)

  
 Cetus Links: 16604 Links on Objects and Components / Distributed Objects & Components: Mobile Agents
Mobile Agents are autonomous, intelligent programs that move through a network, searching for and interacting with services on the user's behalf.
Mobile Agents should be able to execute on every machine in a network and the agent code should not have to be installed on every machine the agent could visit.
Therefore Mobile Agents use mobile code systems like Java and the Java virtual machine where classes can be loaded at runtime over the network.
www.cetus-links.org /oo_mobile_agents.html   (885 words)

  
 Agent Newsreader & Premium Newsgroups
Agent 3.1 is the most powerful and intuitive newsreader for binary and text newsgroups:
Registered Agent 3.1 users should take advantage of the Free 3 Month APN Trial.
We are now working on Agent 3.2 with support for multiple POP boxes...
www.forteinc.com   (257 words)

  
 SSH and ssh-agent
In short, the agent is running on one machine, and each time you SSH with agent forwarding, the server creates a 'tunnel' back through the SSH connection to the agent so it's available for any further SSH connections.
All the key mathematics are handled on the actual agent, which is running on your desktop, not on any of the intervening machines.
Unless you have a good reason to forward the agent by default, you should verify that the agent forwarding is disabled by default.
www.securityfocus.com /infocus/1812   (2020 words)

  
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