Intelligent Agents for Telecommunication Applications: Second International Workshop, IATA'98, Paris, France, July 4-7, 1998, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 1437)

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Intelligent Agents for Telecommunication Applications, IATA'98, held in Paris, France, in July 1998, in conjunction with the 1998 Agents World Conference. The book presents 17 revised full papers carefully selected for inclusion in the volume. The book is divided into topical sections on network architecture, network configuration and planning, network optimization, network management, agent-based architectures for service applications. A dynamic hierarchy of intelligent agents for network management....Pages 1-16 Genetic algorithms as prototyping tools for multi-agent systems: Application to the antenna parameter setting problem....Pages 17-28 Scalable service deployment on highly populated networks....Pages 29-44 Heterogeneous multi-agent architecture for ATM virtual path network resource configuration....Pages 45-59 Routing in telecommunications networks with ant-like agents....Pages 60-71 Network configuration management in heterogeneous ATM environments....Pages 72-88 Agent-based schemes for plug-and-play network components....Pages 89-101 Dynamic resource allocation by market-based routing in telecommunications networks....Pages 102-117 The application of intelligent and mobile agents to the management of software problems in telecommunications....Pages 118-129 Distributed fault location in networks using mobile agents....Pages 130-141 INCA: An agent-based network control architecture....Pages 142-155 Agent metaphors for analysing telematic services....Pages 156-170 Multi-agent testbed and an agent launch tool for diverse seamless personal information networking applications....Pages 171-189 Agent negotiation for supporting personal mobility....Pages 190-203 Development of a Multi-Agent system for cooperative work with network negotiation capabilities....Pages 204-219 From interoperability to cooperation: Building intelligent agents on middleware....Pages 220-232 Open scalable agent architecture for telecommunication applications....Pages 233-249

this Book Constitutes The Refereed Proceedings Of The Second International Workshop On Intelligent Agents For Telecommunication Applications, Iata'98, Held In Paris, France, In July 1998, In Conjunction With The 1998 Agents World Conference.
the Book Presents 17 Revised Full Papers Carefully Selected For Inclusion In The Volume. The Book Is Divided Into Topical Sections On Network Architecture, Network Configuration And Planning, Network Optimization, Network Management, Agent-based Architectures For Service Applications.

Many applications, especially those related to multimedia, require that information be transmitted in a communication network with certain quality of service guarantees.