Agent Systems Today; Methodological Considerations
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چکیده
For many years a message is being perpetuated that software agent technology will become the next revolution with consequences reaching beyond computer science. This change is to occur not only in the ways we construct software but also to have a broad effect on human-computer interaction. Unfortunately, as it is easy to see, the revolution that is prophesized by the agent-believers since at least 1994 does not materialize. The aim of this note is to discuss the reasons for this situation and point out to the necessary steps to achieve substantial progress in the field.
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