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The world is fast becoming a giant heterogeneous information system in which personal electronics products (including Personal Digital Assistants or PDAs, PCs, set-top boxes, etc.) play a key role. For example, PDAs are now seen as communication tools and information access terminals as well as personal data repositories. Sharp’s Zaurus PDA is already used in Japan to publish the electronic edition of the Mainichi newspaper. The vast number and diversity of the components and uses of the global information system necessitates a decentralized, emergent organization. The agent metaphor offers an attractive route to achieving such an organization. In this chapter, I outline the role of agent software in personal electronics in mediating between the individual user and the available services and project a likely sequence in which personal agent-based products will be successful. I also discuss various standardization and interoperability issues affecting the practicality of agents in this role.
This is a revised and extended version of a paper first presented at the IEE C3 Colloquium on Intelligent agents and their applications, 30th April 1996.
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Kearney, P. (1998). Personal Agents: A Walk on the Client Side. In: Jennings, N.R., Wooldridge, M.J. (eds) Agent Technology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-03678-5_7
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