Agent books

Try these books on agents and AI:

Buy from: Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk	Microsoft Agent Software Development Kit by Microsoft Corporation (Editor) This is the official Microsoft documentation for MS Agent technology, wrapped up into a book. If you would rather take the time to download it all, you can go to Microsoft's Agent site.
Buy from: Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk	Multi-Agent Systems : An Introduction to Distributed Artificial Intelligence by Jacques Ferber In this book, Jacques Ferber has brought together all the recent developments in the field of multi-agent systems - an area that has seen increasing interest and major developments over the last few years. The author draws on work carried out in various disciplines, including information technology, sociology and cognitive psychology, to provide a coherent and instructive picture of the current state-of-the-art.
Buy from: Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk	Agent Sourcebook: A Complete Guide to Desktop, Internet, and Intranet Agents by Colin Harrison, Alper Caglayan (Contributor), Colin G. Harrison Alper Caglayan and Colin Harrison examine the realities of today's intelligent agents and discover that while we're still a long way from the Hollywood picture of business computing, today's very real agents are already powerful business tools. They examine agents for Internet, Intranet and desktop use, evaluating processes that users can customize or automate.
Buy from: Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk	Agent Technology: Applied to Communications by Alex L. G. Hayzelden (Editor), Rachel Bourne (Editor) Culling together chapters written by leading authors and researchers in the field, Agent Technology intersects the convergence between distributed Artificial Intelligence (agents) and telecommunications. Here, researchers and scientists will discover the increased capabilities of agents and how they outperform traditional standards-based network signaling. This valuable resource provides an unparalleled snapshot of the current status of the field.
Buy from: Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk	Software Agents by Jeffrey M. Bradshaw (Editor) Software Agents isn't packed with sample code or programming tips. Instead, it contains a thought-provoking series of essays by industry luminaries on a hot topic at the horizon of programming: building "intelligent" agents. The book's various authors explore different aspects of agents. Plentiful food for thought.
Buy from: Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk	Programming Bots, Spiders and Intelligent Agents in Visual C++ by D. Pallmann Programming Bots, Spiders, and Intelligent Agents in Microsoft Visual C++ showcases the basics of creating autonomous Internet programs such as bots and agents. Besides offering an introduction to writing "intelligent" software, this book provides excellent background material on Internet programming in general.

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