Java-based and secure learning agents for information retrieval in distributed systems

Information Sciences

Volumn 113, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 55-84

  Bergadano, F ^a   Puliafito, A ^b   Riccobene, S ^b   Ruffo, G ^a   Vita, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agent security; Distributed systems; Information retrieval; Java; Learning agents; Software agents

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS; JAVA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE; LEARNING ALGORITHMS; SECURITY OF DATA;

SECURE LEARNING AGENTS;

SEARCH ENGINES;

EID: 0032714018     PISSN: 00200255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-0255(98)10041-5     Document Type: Article

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