The term “agent”, (and hence “agent based computing”, “agent based system”, “multi-agent system”), is being increasingly used within information technology to describe a broad range of computational entities. These entities range from relatively simple systems, (such as Microsoft’s TIP WIZARD, which provides advice to users working in EXCEL 5, or desktop agents which prioritise and filter elect...

Software Agent Acknowledgement Acknowledgement First, I would like to give my greatest appreciation to my project advisor, Dr. S. K. Chang. Without his guidance, this project would never have been completed so well. He continuously provided me great ideas to improve both my program and my programming ability. Gharib who have given so much to me so that I could learn as much as I could in these ...