Constructing Intelligent Agents Using Java: Professional Developer's Guide, 2nd Edition

Softcover

ISBN 10: 047139601X ISBN 13: 9780471396017

Publisher: Wiley, 2001

A state-of-the-art guide on how to build intelligent Web-based applications using Java
Joseph and Jennifer Bigus update and significantly expand their book on building intelligent Web-based applications using Java. Geared to network programmers or Web developers who have previously programmed agents in Smalltalk or C++, this practical book explains in detail how to construct agents capable of learning and competing, including both design principles and actual code for personal agents, network or Web agents, multi-agent systems and commercial agents. New and revised coverage includes agent tools, agent uses for Web applications (including personalization, cross-selling, and e-commerce), and additional AI technologies such as fuzzy logic and genetic algorithms.

From the Back Cover:

An essential guide to intelligent agent technologies-from straightforward Java implementations and practical agent applications to artificial intelligence algorithms

Constructing Intelligent Agents Using Java, Second Edition

Professional Developer's Guide

The Bigus team overhauls their bestselling guide to reflect changes in the Java platform and share the latest ideas in applied AI, software agents, and multiagent systems. The new edition continues to provide a comprehensive tutorial on the basic AI programming techniques and shows you how to design and develop practical intelligent agent applications in Java. You'll learn how to build agents that filter information from the Web, automate tasks, monitor dynamic Web content such as airfare information, and negotiate transactions in electronic marketplaces. You'll also construct a flexible agent platform where multiple agents can reside and interact on your PC.

Explore how this exciting new edition:
* Updates all code to support Java 2 and the Swing GUI
* Adds genetic algorithms and fuzzy rule system implementations
* Updates and expands the treatment of agents and multiagent systems
* Enhances the CIAgent framework with built-in timer and asynchronous event processing capabilities and use of the JavaBean component model
* Includes UML diagrams for the CIAgent classes and object interactions
* Provides a flexible agent platform where you can plug in your own agents
* Expands end-of-chapter exercises, Web resources, and bibliography

The CD-ROM contains:
* The complete Java code with JavaDocs for the examples in the book
* IBM Agent Building and Learning Environment (ABLE)
* Sun Microsystems' Java Run-Time Environment (JRE) 1.3

About the Author:

JOSEPH P. BIGUS, PhD, is a senior technical staff member and research project leader at the IBM T. J. Watson Research Center. Dr. Bigus has led the development of neural network, data mining, and agent technologies at IBM.
JENNIFER BIGUS is the principal consultant at Bigus Technologies Inc., where she designs and develops Java and e-business applications. Jennifer played a key role in bringing Java and enterprise Java applications to the IBM AS/400 server.