Title :
Intelligent agents for matching information providers and consumers on the World-Wide-Web
Author :
Lee, Joseph K W ; Cheung, David W. ; Kao, Ben ; Law, Jax ; Lee, Thomas
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Hong Kong Univ., Hong Kong
Abstract :
We discuss the various issues in designing intelligent software systems to assist World Wide Web users in locating relevant information. We identify a number of key components in such intelligent systems. These include a Web document database management system, a client based goal directed search engine, an intelligent learning agent which discovers users´ topics of interest by studying their browsing behavior, and an intelligent agent which monitors “hot” Web sites. We give examples and suggestions on how these components are designed and implemented. We also describe the architecture of a prototype system that integrates the various components
Keywords :
Internet; client-server systems; distributed databases; information retrieval; online front-ends; software agents; Web document database management system; World Wide Web users; World-Wide-Web; browsing behavior; client based goal directed search engine; consumers; hot Web site monitoring; information providers; intelligent agents; intelligent learning agent; intelligent software systems design; intelligent systems; prototype system; Computer science; Database systems; Information management; Information retrieval; Intelligent agent; Intelligent systems; Navigation; Software design; Software systems; World Wide Web;
Conference_Titel :
System Sciences, 1997, Proceedings of the Thirtieth Hawaii International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Wailea, HI
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7743-0
DOI :
10.1109/HICSS.1997.663380
