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CALL FOR PAPERS

APPLIED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
An International Journal
                                   
Special Issue on 

SOFTWARE AGENTS ON THE INTERNET: APPLICATIONS AND PROSPECTS

Publication: January 2000

Submission is due by 1 June 1999
http://btwebsh.macarthur.uws.edu.au/san/AAI/

Guest Editor:   San Murugesan
                University of Western Sydney Macarthur,
                Australia
     
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There is growing interest in deploying intelligent software agents on
the Internet, intranets and extranets and the Web for a variety of
applications, ranging from personal to entrepreneurial. As we move
forward in toward the age of infinite information and start using widely
Internet technologies in diverse areas for a wide range of simple to
complex applications, there will be a rapid growth in agent applications
and in the agent market. Further, as our dependence on agents increases,
challenging demands are placed on the agents.  

This special issue on Software Agents on the Internet would review the
progress and prospects in this vibrant area focusing on:
*  Innovative applications 
*  Challenges of successful deployment of agents on the Internet and Web 
*  Technical, business, social, legal and ethical issues, concerns and
considerations
        in deployment of agents. 
*  Real-world experiences, and case studies. 

Specific areas of applications would include:
Intelligent personal assistants; mail management; information retrieval,
integration and presentation; planning and scheduling; electronic
commerce; on-line shopping assistants; collaborative decision making;
enterprise management; manufacturing and automation; healthcare;
entertainment, education, etc. 

Submission deadline is 1 June 1999. Authors are encouraged to submit
prior to this date if possible. All submissions will be peer reviewed. 

For guidelines on manuscript preparation see the Applied Artificial
Intelligence Web Site at: http://www.tandf.co.uk/authors/aaiauth.htm

Submit your articles electronically (in PDF or postscript, or MS WORD
format) through the special issue Web page at:
http://btwebsh.macarthur.uws.edu.au/san/AAI/

If you would like to review papers for the special issue, send a note
giving your brief resume/biography and the areas of your interest to the
Guest Editor:

    San Murugesan
    WebISM (Web-based Information Systems and Methodologies) Research
Group
    Dept of Computing and Information Systems
    University of Western Sydney Macarthur
    Campbelltown NSW 2560; Australia
      Phone: +61-2- 4620 3513; Fax: +61-2- 4626 6683
      email: s.murugesan@ieee.org or s.murugesan@uws.edu.au

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