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Tables of Contents for Software Agents
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
ix
 
1 Introduction
3
46
Jeffrey M. Bradshaw
Section One: Agents and the User Experience
49
60
2 How Might People Interact with Agents
49
8
Donald A. Norman, Apple Labs, Apple Computer
3 Agents: From Direct Manipulation to Delegation
57
10
Nicholas Negroponte, MIT Media Laboratory
4 Interface Agents: Metaphors with Character
67
12
Brenda Laurel, Interval Research
5 Designing Agents as if People Mattered
79
18
Thomas Erickson, Apple Labs, Apple Computer
6 Direct Manipulation Versus Agents: Paths to Predictable, Controllable, and Comprehensible Interfaces
97
12
Ben Shneiderman, Department of Computer Science, University of Maryland
Section Two: Agents for Learning and Intelligent Assistance
109
162
7 Agents for Information Sharing and Coordination: A History and Some Reflections
109
36
Thomas W. Malone
Kenneth R. Grant
Kum-Yew Lai, MIT
8 Agents that Reduce Work and Information Overload
145
20
Pattie Maes, MIT Media Laboratory
9 KidSim: Programming Agents without a Programming Language
165
26
David C. Smith
Allen Cypher
Jim Spohrer, Apple Labs, Apple Computer
10 Lifelike Computer Characters: The Persona Project at Microsoft Research
191
32
Gene Ball
Dan Ling
David Kurlander
John Miller
David Pugh
Tim Skelly
Andy Stankosky
David Thiel
Maarten Van Dantzich
Trace Wax, Microsoft Research
11 Software Agents for Cooperative Learning
223
24
Guy A. Boy, European Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Engineering (EURISCO)
12 M: An Architecture of Integrated Agents
247
24
Doug Riecken, Computer Systems Research Laboratory, AT&T Bell Laboratories
Section Three: Agent Communication, Collaboration, and Mobility
271
202
13 An Overview of Agent-Oriented Programming
271
20
Yoav Shoham, Computer Science Department, Stanford University
14 KQML as an Agent Communication Language
291
26
Tim Finin
Yannis Labrou
James Mayfield, Computer Science Department, University of Maryland Baltimore County
15 An Agent-Based Framework for Interoperability
317
30
Michael R. Genesereth, Computer Science Department, Stanford University
16 Agents for Information Gathering
347
28
Craig A. Knoblock
Jose-Luis Ambite, Information Sciences Institute and Department of Computer Science, University of Southern California
17 KAoS: Toward an Industrial-Strength Open Agent Architecture
375
44
Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, Research and Technology, Boeing Information and Support Services
Stewart Dutfield
Pete Benoit
John D. Woolley, Department of Software Engineering, Seattle University
18 Communicative Actions for Artificial Agents
419
18
Philip R. Cohen, Department of Computer Science, Oregon Graduate Institute of Science and Technology
Hector J. Levesque, Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto
19 Mobile Agents
437
36
James E. White, General Magic, Inc.
Index
473