Distributed intelligent agents
IEEE ExpertPublished 1 December 1996
Katia Sycara, Anandeep Pannu, M. Willamson, Dajun Zeng, Keith Decker
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In Retsina, the authors have developed a distributed collection of software agents that cooperate asynchronously to perform goal-directed information retrieval and integration for supporting a variety of decision-making tasks.
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In Retsina, the authors have developed a distributed collection of software agents that cooperate asynchronously to perform goal-directed information retrieval and integration for supporting a variety of decision-making tasks. Examples for everyday organizational decision making and financial portfolio management demonstrate its effectiveness.
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