Designing distributed learning environments with intelligent software agents

This book reports on the most recent advances in agent technologies for distributed learning. Chapters are devoted to the various aspects of intelligent software agents in distributed learning, including the methodological and technical issues on where and how intelligent agents can contribute to me...

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Corporate Author: IGI Global.
Other Authors: Lin, Fuhua Oscar, 1962-
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2005.
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Summary:This book reports on the most recent advances in agent technologies for distributed learning. Chapters are devoted to the various aspects of intelligent software agents in distributed learning, including the methodological and technical issues on where and how intelligent agents can contribute to meeting distributed learning needs today and tomorrow. The book benefits the AI (artificial intelligence) and educational communities in their research and development, offering new and interesting research issues surrounding the development of distributed learning environments in the Semantic Web age. In addition, the ideas presented in the book are applicable to other domains such as agent-supported web services, distributed business process and resource integration, computer-supported collaborative work (CSCW) and e-commerce.
Physical Description:electronic texts (xiii, 311 p. : ill.) : digital files.
Also available in print.
Format:Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781591405023 (ebook)
1591405025 (ebook)
Access:Restricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers.