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Collaborative Interface Agents (1994)
| Venue: | In Proceedings of the Twelfth National Conference on Artificial Intelligence |
| Citations: | 229 - 4 self |
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@INPROCEEDINGS{Lashkari94collaborativeinterface,
author = {Yezdi Lashkari and Max Metral and Pattie Maes},
title = {Collaborative Interface Agents},
booktitle = {In Proceedings of the Twelfth National Conference on Artificial Intelligence},
year = {1994},
pages = {444--449},
publisher = {AAAI Press}
}
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Abstract
Interface agents are semi-intelligent systems which assist users with daily computer-based tasks. Recently, various researchers have proposed a learning approach towards building such agents and some working prototypes have been demonstrated. Such agents learn by `watching over the shoulder' of the user and detecting patterns and regularities in the user's behavior. Despite the successes booked, a major problem with the learning approach is that the agent has to learn from scratch and thus takes some time becoming useful. Secondly, the agent's competence is necessarily limited to actions it has seen the user perform. Collaboration between agents assisting different users can alleviate both of these problems. We present a framework for multiagent collaboration and discuss results of a working prototype, based on learning agents for electronic mail. Introduction Learning interface agents are computer programs that employ machine learning techniques in order to provide assistance to a u...
Keyphrases
collaborative interface agent detecting pattern various researcher user perform approach towards daily computer-based task discus result introduction learning interface agent learning approach multiagent collaboration computer program electronic mail interface agent semi-intelligent system different user major problem
