Mobile Agents

A guide to creating and using Internet agent technologies, this book provides insights into every major agent system, including Telescript, Agent Tcl, Ara and Java-based Aglets. It clearly defines and explains agent technology, terminology and concepts. It offers a complete overview of essential agent concepts and terminology, with agent development environments and sample agents on CD-ROM. The book describes the state-of-the art in Internet agents, and the likely future of agent technology.