Hostname: page-component-7c8c6479df-xxrs7 Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-03-29T09:13:00.464Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

What Chance Software Agents?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 April 2001

BARRY CRABTREE
Affiliation:
BT Laboratories, Martlesham Heath, Ipswich IP5 7RE, UK. Email: Barry.Crabtree@bt.com

Abstract

Software agents have come a long way in the last ten or so years. This paper looks at the practical challenges many software agent developers face including: interfacing to legacy systems; developing distributed systems; agent competence; and trust and privacy issues. Because it covers such a broad area, it will focus on how the problems and issues have changed over the years, and highlight some of the perennial problems.

Type
Review Article
Copyright
© 1998 Cambridge University Press

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)