Title

Benevolent Agents

Author(s)

Michael N. Huhns, University of South Carolina - ColumbiaFollow
Abdulla Mohamed

Document Type

Article

Subject Area(s)

Computer Science and Engineering

Abstract

Some agents roaming the Web these days are benevolent-for example, they may clean up stalled or failed database transactions, or share query results that may have cost substantial resources to acquire and might consume more to share. The Agent Behavior Testbed is a tool for studying the economics of agent altruism. As more agents hit the Internet, benevolence and cooperation will help with overall efficiency and productivity. The paper discusses benevolent agents on the Web.

Publication Info

Published in IEEE Internet Computing, Volume 3, Issue 2, 1999, pages 96-98.

http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/servlet/opac?punumber=4236

© 1999 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)