Human Interaction with Software Agents

Abstract

Software agents are small computer programs that perform specific operations for users based on those users' wishes or needs. The benefit of an agent is that it can be programmed to provide just the information needed by that user, at the right time and place for that information to be useful. Agents can save users enormous amounts of time by avoiding the need for developing complicated searches and extract scripts every time new information is required. This report details the results of Phase I SBIR research for DARPA on the concept of Agent Wizards, or programs that can automatically create agents for users without the need for detailed programming or significant computer knowledge on the user's part.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 06, 2000
Accession Number
ADA379595

Entities

People

  • James T. Eanes
  • Joseph H. Discenza

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Application Software
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Databases
  • Distributed Computing
  • Environment
  • Graphical User Interface
  • Information Systems
  • Markup Languages
  • Network Computing
  • Network Protocols
  • Software Agents
  • Web Browsers
  • Websites
  • Word Processors

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Database Systems and Applications
  • Toxicology/Environmental Toxicology