Cooperative Information Agents : 5th International Workshop, CIA 2001, Modena, Italy, September 6-8, 2001 Proceedings

by Klusch, Matthias; Zambonelli, Franco

• ISBN13: 9783540425458
• ISBN10: 3540425454
• eBook ISBN(s): 9783540447993
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-09-01
• Publisher: Springer Verlag
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Summary

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Cooperative Information Agents, CIA 2001, held in Modena, Italy, in September 2001.The 12 revised full papers presented together with 3 full papers and 2 abstracts reflecting invited contributions were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in the book. The papers are organized in topical sections on personal assistance: interaction and avatars, information search and recommendation, data warehousing and data mining, collaboration and coordination, and information agents for mobile and wireless environments.

Table of Contents

Interactive Integration of Information Agents on the Web	p. 1
Improving Communication in 3D Virtual Environments by Means of Task Delegation in Agents	p. 14
Wizard of Oz Method for Learning Dialog Agents	p. 20
Supporting User-Profiled Semantic Web-Oriented Search	p. 26
Recommending a Trip Plan by Negotiation with a Software Travel Agent	p. 32
CoWing: A Collaborative Bookmark Management System	p. 38
Context-Aware Agents for Personal Information Services	p. 44
Data Warehouse Quality and Agent Technology	p. 56
Decision Trees for Multiple Abstraction Levels of Data	p. 76
Supporting Information Integration with Autonomous Agents	p. 88
Using Agents in Performing Multi-site Queries	p. 100
Extending a Multi-agent System for Genomic Annotation	p. 106
Domain-Independent Ontologies for Cooperative Information Agents	p. 118
An Autonomous Bidding Agent for Simultaneous Auctions	p. 130
Optimality and Risk in Purchase from Multiple Auctions	p. 142
Cryptographic Protocols for Secure Second-Price Auctions	p. 154
Equilibria Strategies for Selecting Sellers and Satisfying Buyers	p. 166
On the Logical Aspects of Argument-Based Negotiation among Agents	p. 178
Introducing a Multi-agent, Multi-criteria Methodology for Modeling Electronic Consumer's Behavior: The Case of Internet Radio	p. 190
Modeling Commercial Knowledge to Develop Advanced Agent-Based Marketplaces for E-Commerce	p. 196
Arms Race within Information Ecosystems	p. 202
Information Agents: The Social Nature of Information and the Role of Trust	p. 208
A Framework for the Exchange and Installation of Protocols in a Multi-agent System	p. 211
Ontology Negotiation as a Basis for Opportunistic Cooperation between Intelligent Information Agents	p. 223
A Mechanism for Temporal Reasoning by Collaborative Agents	p. 229
Agent Coordination Infrastructure for Virtual Enterprises and Workflow Management	p. 235
Mobile Agents: State of the Art and Research Opportunities	p. 247
Enabling FIPA Agents on Small Devices	p. 248
Towards Efficient and Reliable Agent Communication in Wireless Environments	p. 258
Information Agents for Mobile and Embedded Devices	p. 264
Index	p. 287
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