Agent technology overview

作     者：Miyashita, T 

作者机构：NEC Corp Ltd Human Media Res Labs Tokyo Japan 

出 版 物：《NEC RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT》 (NEC Res Dev)

年 卷 期：1999年第40卷第3期

页      面：304-307页

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主　　题：mobile agent interface agent multi-agent system agent programming language agent architecture agent communication protocol distributed object programming 

摘      要：The author gives an overview of intelligent and autonomous software, also called agents, from a technological viewpoint. In addition, he introduces several concrete agents that have been developed by NEC Corporation. Agent technology is divided into three layers: agent programming languages, agent platforms and applications. Each layer possesses particular technical keywords, for example, distributed object programming in the language layer, agent communication protocols and architecture in the platform layer, and agent collaboration models in the application layer. NEC Corporation has been conducting research and development in every layer in order to produce convenient and high-level intelligent software for our customers. Our agents play the role of an office secretary, an intelligent communication controller, a certain kind of project manager or a software robot for Web exploration.