Abstract :
At GMD´s Human Computer Interaction Research Division, we are working on a system called BASAR (Building Agents Supporting Adaptive Retrieval). BASAR, a Smalltalk-based program that runs on Unix platforms, involves intelligent agents that actively support construction and management of a user´s personal information space. Possible agent tasks include supporting navigation and browsing; simplifying information retrieval; sorting, organizing, and indexing user-jobs; and filtering information from large databases. BASAR´s interface is based on the concept of indirect management. That is, computer agents support human users in a cooperative process where both agents and users can initiate communication, monitor events, and perform tasks
Keywords :
Internet; information retrieval; knowledge based systems; online front-ends; software agents; BASAR; Building Agents Supporting Adaptive Retrieval; Smalltalk-based program; Unix platforms; World Wide Web; cooperative process; indexing; indirect management; information retrieval; intelligent agents; organizing; personal information space; sorting; Buildings; Human computer interaction; Indexing; Information filtering; Information retrieval; Intelligent agent; Navigation; Organizing; Sorting; Web sites;
