Enabling the Virtual Organization with Agent Technology

2009 ◽  
pp. 321-338 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tor Guimaraes
Keyword(s):  
Expert Systems ◽  
Intelligent Agents ◽  
Domain Knowledge ◽  
Systems Development ◽  
Customer Relationship ◽  
Agent Technology ◽  
Internet Applications ◽  
Agent Based ◽  
Complex Decision ◽  
Business Requirements

Emerging agent-based systems offer new means of effectively addressing complex decision processes and enabling solutions to business requirements associated with virtual organizations. Intelligent agents can provide more flexible intelligence/expertise and help the smooth integration of a variety of system types (i.e., Internet applications, customer relationship management, supplier network management, enterprise resources management, expert systems). This chapter presents an overview of expert systems as the most widely-used approach for domain Knowledge Management today as well as agent technology, and shows the latter as a superior systems development vehicle providing flexible intelligence/expertise and the integration of a variety of system types. To illustrate, a system developed first by using an expert system approach and then by an agent-based approach is used to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the agent-based approach. Last, the practical implications of a company adoption of agent-based technology for systems development are addressed.

Enabling the Virtual Organization with Agent Technology

2010 ◽  
pp. 766-783
Author(s):  
Tor Guimaraes
Keyword(s):  
Expert Systems ◽  
Intelligent Agents ◽  
Domain Knowledge ◽  
Systems Development ◽  
Customer Relationship ◽  
Agent Technology ◽  
Internet Applications ◽  
Agent Based ◽  
Complex Decision ◽  
Business Requirements

Emerging agent-based systems offer new means of effectively addressing complex decision processes and enabling solutions to business requirements associated with virtual organizations. Intelligent agents can provide more flexible intelligence/expertise and help the smooth integration of a variety of system types (i.e., Internet applications, customer relationship management, supplier network management, enterprise resources management, expert systems). This chapter presents an overview of expert systems as the most widely-used approach for domain Knowledge Management today as well as agent technology, and shows the latter as a superior systems development vehicle providing flexible intelligence/expertise and the integration of a variety of system types. To illustrate, a system developed first by using an expert system approach and then by an agent-based approach is used to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the agent-based approach. Last, the practical implications of a company adoption of agent-based technology for systems development are addressed.

Enabling the Virtual Organization with Agent Technology

2011 ◽  
pp. 258-278
Author(s):  
Tor Guimaraes
Keyword(s):  
Expert Systems ◽  
Intelligent Agents ◽  
Domain Knowledge ◽  
Systems Development ◽  
Customer Relationship ◽  
Agent Technology ◽  
Internet Applications ◽  
Agent Based ◽  
Complex Decision ◽  
Business Requirements

Emerging agent-based systems offer new means of effectively addressing complex decision processes and enabling solutions to business requirements associated with virtual organizations. Intelligent agents can provide more flexible intelligence/expertise and help the smooth integration of a variety of system types (i.e., Internet applications, customer relationship management, supplier network management, enterprise resources management, expert systems). This chapter presents an overview of expert systems as the most widely-used approach for domain knowledge management today as well as agent technology, and shows the latter as a superior systems development vehicle providing flexible intelligence/expertise and the integration of a variety of system types. To illustrate, a system developed first by using an expert system approach and then by an agent-based approach is used to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the agent-based approach. Last, the practical implications of a company adoption of agent-based technology for systems development are addressed.

Using Agent Technology for Company Knowledge Management

2011 ◽  
pp. 1862-1879
Author(s):  
Victoria Yoon ◽  
Barbara Broome ◽  
Rahul Singh ◽  
Tor Guimaraes
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Expert System ◽  
System Approach ◽  
Systems Development ◽  
Decision Processes ◽  
Agent Technology ◽  
Agent Based ◽  
Complex Decision ◽  
A Company ◽  
Practical Implications

Emerging agent-based systems offer a new means of effectively managing knowledge to address complex decision processes, thereby enabling solutions to many real problems that have heretofore appeared intractable. This article presents an overview of expert system and agent technologies, and shows the latter as a powerful extension of artificial intelligence for systems development. To illustrate, a system developed first using an expert system approach and then an agent-based approach is used to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the agent-based approach. Last, the practical implications of a company adoption of agent-based technology for systems development are addressed.

Comparing Expert Systems and Agent Technology for KM

2011 ◽  
pp. 321-343
Author(s):  
Tor Guimaraes
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Expert System ◽  
System Approach ◽  
Systems Development ◽  
Decision Processes ◽  
Agent Technology ◽  
Agent Based ◽  
Complex Decision ◽  
A Company ◽  
Practical Implications

Agent technology offers a new means of effectively managing knowledge and addresses complex decision processes which heretofore appeared intractable. This chapter presents an overview and comparison of expert system and agent technologies, and shows the latter as a powerful extension in artificial intelligence for systems development. To illustrate, a system developed first using an expert system approach and then an agent-based approach are used to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the agent-based approach. Last, the practical implications of a company adoption of agent-based technology for systems development are addressed.

Using Agent Technology for Company Knowledge Management

2011 ◽  
pp. 1789-1806
Author(s):  
Victoria Yoon ◽  
Barbara Broome ◽  
Rahul Singh ◽  
Tor Guimaraes
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Expert System ◽  
System Approach ◽  
Systems Development ◽  
Decision Processes ◽  
Agent Technology ◽  
Agent Based ◽  
Complex Decision ◽  
A Company ◽  
Practical Implications

Emerging agent-based systems offer a new means of effectively managing knowledge to address complex decision processes, thereby enabling solutions to many real problems that have heretofore appeared intractable. This article presents an overview of expert system and agent technologies, and shows the latter as a powerful extension of artificial intelligence for systems development. To illustrate, a system developed first using an expert system approach and then an agent-based approach is used to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the agent-based approach. Last, the practical implications of a company adoption of agent-based technology for systems development are addressed.

Applications of Intelligent Agents in Mobile Commerce

2018 ◽  
pp. 566-603
Author(s):  
Suresh Sankaranarayanan ◽  
Subramaniam Ganesan
Keyword(s):  
Communication Network ◽  
Growth Rate ◽  
Intelligent Agents ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Mobile Commerce ◽  
Agent Technology ◽  
Exponential Growth Rate ◽  
Agent Based ◽  
Mobile Phone Usage ◽  
Exponential Rates

Mobile phone usage and its adoption have been growing at exponential rates. It is this exponential growth rate that has led many to predict Mobile Commerce (M-Commerce) as the next major evolution of Electronic Commerce (E-Commerce). While M-Commerce comes rich with unique features, it is currently lacking in usage when compared to traditional e-commerce. There are many challenges that must be addressed in this respect. These challenges are mostly inherent in the mobile devices, communication network, legal and regulatory infrastructure. The use of agents in e-commerce has long been explored in the context, resulting in a number of agent based e-commerce systems. It is not surprising then to note that many researchers believe that the problems that the M-Commerce now faces can be addressed well using agent technology. While there is an abundance of information on the use of agent based systems in other areas, there has been no great surge yet in the use of agent based systems in real world M-Commerce applications. We believe that this slow adoption of this agent technology is due to a lack of standards. There has been a quite an amount of research work carried out in the use of software intelligent agents in the M-Commerce applications like Shopping, Hotel, and Airline industries. These are outlined in the paper with appropriate screenshots and descriptions.

Development of a Multi-Project Production Planning and Scheduling System With Agent Technology

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xutang Zhang ◽  
Xinhua Liu ◽  
Gaoliang Peng
Keyword(s):  
Production Planning ◽  
Intelligent Agents ◽  
Intelligent System ◽  
Comprehensive Evaluation ◽  
Fuzzy Comprehensive Evaluation ◽  
Agent Technology ◽  
Planning And Scheduling ◽  
Agent Based ◽  
Production Planning And Scheduling ◽  
Definition Of

This study intends to propose an intelligent system with agent technology in order to realize integration and cooperation of multi-project production planning and scheduling process. The agent-based system framework, in which various intelligent agents worked together to perform multi-project production planning and scheduling tasks in an autonomous and collaborative way, is put forward. The system consists of three categories of agents and functional definition of each intelligent agent is presented. Moreover, agents communication mechanism and cooperation sequence diagram are proposed. Furthermore, an intelligent algorithm based on fuzzy comprehensive evaluation is designed to resolve competition conflicts among the agents. Finally, an experiment example was illustrated and the algorithm was demonstrated feasible and efficient.

scholarly journals Agent Technology in Monitoring Systems

2010 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 852
Author(s):  
Bogdan Pătruţ ◽  
Cosmin Tomozei
Keyword(s):  
Intelligent Agents ◽  
Systems Development ◽  
Agent Technology ◽  
Monitoring Systems ◽  
Distributed Monitoring ◽  
Technology Application

The aim of this paper is to make a brief presentation of the results obtained by the authors regarding agent technology application in distributed monitoring systems development. Consequently, we would like to present MAgeLan and ContTest as monitoring systems based on intelligent agents technology. Formal aspects regarding intelligent agents will be mentioned. Quantitative issues concerning efficiency, maintenance and reengineering are also to be taken into account.

Applications of Intelligent Agents in Mobile Commerce

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 35-71
Author(s):  
Suresh Sankaranarayanan ◽  
Subramaniam Ganesan
Keyword(s):  
Communication Network ◽  
Growth Rate ◽  
Intelligent Agents ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Mobile Commerce ◽  
Agent Technology ◽  
Exponential Growth Rate ◽  
Agent Based ◽  
Mobile Phone Usage ◽  
Exponential Rates

Mobile phone usage and its adoption have been growing at exponential rates. It is this exponential growth rate that has led many to predict Mobile Commerce (M-Commerce) as the next major evolution of Electronic Commerce (E-Commerce). While M-Commerce comes rich with unique features, it is currently lacking in usage when compared to traditional e-commerce. There are many challenges that must be addressed in this respect. These challenges are mostly inherent in the mobile devices, communication network, legal and regulatory infrastructure. The use of agents in e-commerce has long been explored in the context, resulting in a number of agent based e-commerce systems. It is not surprising then to note that many researchers believe that the problems that the M-Commerce now faces can be addressed well using agent technology. While there is an abundance of information on the use of agent based systems in other areas, there has been no great surge yet in the use of agent based systems in real world M-Commerce applications. We believe that this slow adoption of this agent technology is due to a lack of standards. There has been a quite an amount of research work carried out in the use of software intelligent agents in the M-Commerce applications like Shopping, Hotel, and Airline industries. These are outlined in the paper with appropriate screenshots and descriptions.

Development of a Technique Preparation Integration System With Agent Technology

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xinhua Liu ◽  
Weida Wang ◽  
Wenjian Liu ◽  
Yue Xing
Keyword(s):  
Intelligent Agents ◽  
Intelligent System ◽  
Comprehensive Evaluation ◽  
Intelligent Agent ◽  
Fuzzy Comprehensive Evaluation ◽  
Agent Technology ◽  
Intelligent Algorithm ◽  
Integration System ◽  
Agent Based ◽  
Definition Of

This study intends to propose an intelligent system with agent technology in order to realize integration and cooperation of technique preparation process. The agent-based system framework, in which various intelligent agents worked together to perform technique preparation tasks in an autonomous and collaborative way, is put forward. The system consists of three categories of agents and functional definition of each intelligent agent is presented. Moreover, agents communication mechanism and cooperation sequence diagram are proposed. Finally, an intelligent algorithm based on fuzzy comprehensive evaluation is designed to resolve competition conflicts among the agents.

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