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by some very user-friendly intelligent agents specialising in searching
for information, but also by humans. Both need sophisticated search tools
which are dispersed across cyberspace...But bear in mind that another group
of agents is invading the ecommerce.
Their role consists of performing simple searches very quickly. In fact, they do nothing other than use the existing search engines (Lycos, AltaVista, Yahoo....) by feeding them successive requests. Their main qualities are their high speed (several seconds) and their cost (the service is free) but they are somewhat superficial in their searches and do not go to much depth.They are very popular amongst students and those who have time to spare.... Metacrawler, Savvy Search, Use-it and
Isleuth are all part of "Multi-Motors'
Brigade"....
Would
you like to improve your use of the searchtools on Internet ?
The second category of agents consists
of much more developed software that perform more focussed requests. At
each request, they not only find the sites where the information can be
extracted from, but also, go into the document to analyse, sort and save
the product of their labour on your hard disk! Unfortunately, although
they are more competent than others, they also have faults. You have to
train them, they are often very slow and the results are not always those
intended... They cannot actually be called "intelligent"....Sometimes,
they can take several hours to answer your question.
Surfbot, Webwhacker, Autonomy are members of the Semi-Intelligent Agents group....
Axidia
is one of the founders of this new generation of binomial person/agents
which, thanks to a tight partnership, is in a position to satisfy all your
informational needs and to offer a
(ex: toileteries on the Internet, Business finance on the Internet) transmitted by email or by fax © Axidia 1996-1198
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