A multi-agent system architecture for information gathering

Proceedings - International Workshop on Database and Expert Systems Applications, DEXA

Volumn 2000-January, Issue , 2000, Pages 732-736

  Shakshuki, E ^a   Ghenniwa, H ^b   Kamel, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Design engineering; Information resources; Information retrieval; Intelligent agent; Internet; Multiagent systems; Search engines; Web pages; Web sites; World Wide Web

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; EXPERT SYSTEMS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INTELLIGENT AGENTS; INTERNET; MEMORY ARCHITECTURE; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; WEBSITES; WORLD WIDE WEB;

DESIGN ENGINEERING; DISTRIBUTED INFORMATION; INFORMATION GATHERING; INFORMATION RESOURCE; INTERNET SEARCH ENGINE; MULTI-AGENT SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE; MULTIAGENT ARCHITECTURE; WORLD WIDE WEBS (WWW);

SEARCH ENGINES;

EID: 84949955532     PISSN: 15294188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/DEXA.2000.875107     Document Type: Conference Paper

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