Distributed artificial intelligence, agent technology, and collaborative applications

• Corporate Author: IGI Global.
• Other Authors: Sugumaran, Vijayan, 1960-
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2009.
• Subjects: Artificial intelligence > Industrial applications.; Distributed artificial intelligence.; Active information systems; Artificial intelligence; Automatic Web page organization; Causal strategy models; Conceptual modeling; Demand supply network optimization; Empirical inference of numerical information; E-trade auction; Forecasting supply chain demand; Information modeling; Information retrieval; Knowledge acquisition process; Knowledge-driven decision support; Logic specifications; Machine learning algorithms; Multi-agent architecture; Multi-agent systems; Petri nets; Problem of universals; Rough set theory; Search engine performance comparisons; Trust formalization; Web mining
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess
• Physical Description: electronic texts (xxii, 426 p. : ill.) : digital files.; Also available in print.
• Format: Mode of access: World Wide Web.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 384-415) and index.
• ISBN: 9781605661452 (ebook)
• Access: Restricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers.

Cutting-edge developments in artificial intelligence are now driving applications that are only hinting at the level of value they will soon contribute to organizations, consumers, and societies across all domains. This publication offers an enriched set of research articles in artificial intelligence (AI), covering significant AI subjects such as information retrieval, conceptual modeling, supply chain demand forecasting, and machine learning algorithms.