Research Catalog

Title

Programming intelligent agents for the Internet / Mark Watson.

Author

Watson, Mark, 1951-

Publication

New York : McGraw-Hill, [1996], ©1996.

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Description

xvi, 240 pages : illustrations; 24 cm +

Summary

• If you're a C++ programmer searching for ways to capitalize on the internet information explosion, this leading-edge book has the answers. Intelligent agents are at the forefront of new efforts to help users manage the deluge of information flooding them every day over online services and the internet.
• This unique reference teaches you how to use C++ to program intelligent agents to find and organize information you want and screen out what you don't - a service for which demand is expected to mushroom over the next several years. The C++ libraries included on the bundled disk will help shorten development time considerably; all source code is included and can be used in compiled form without restriction.

Subject

• Internet
• Web servers

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 233) and index.

System Details (note)

• System requirements: IBM compatible PC; Windows 95, Windows NT 3.51, or UNIX; C++ software.

Contents

1. Accessing the Internet -- 2. C++ library for TCP/IP encapsulation -- 3. C++ library for local text databases -- 4. C++ library for parsing HTML documents -- 5. Creating a custom daily newspaper -- 6. Agent tools for UNIX -- App. A. Example text newspaper generated for information on artificial intelligence and natural language processing -- App. B. Example Rich Text Format (RFT) newspaper generated for information on artificial intelligence and natural language processing -- App. C. Acronyms and related terms.

ISBN

007912206X

LCCN

96007213

OCLC

ocm34319343

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries