Software agents and agency: A personal information management perspective

Macredie, Robert D.; Keeble, Richard

doi:10.1007/bf02199214

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“…Underpinning the deepening of information technology strategies, Haneda and Hakaridani (1996) had already suggested the development of technologies for personal information and intelligent tools. The opportunities for software agents and agency as PIM technologies had been highlighted (Macredie and Keeble, 1997).…”

Section: Distribution Of Literature On Pim By Subject Area 1988-2020mentioning

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Knowledge mapping and visualization of personal information management literature, 1988–2020

Nwagwu

Williams

2022

IFLA Journal

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This study was designed to examine the structure of the literature on personal information management during the period 1988–2020 through the mapping of author and indexer keywords. The article also examines the volume, quantity and growth of personal information management literature during the period. The Scopus database was searched with the phrase ‘personal information management’ within the title, abstract and keyword fields on 18 February 2021. The annual growth in publications is presented as the number of retrieved documents each year, and the annual growth rate of publications on the subject is analysed. A total of 887 documents have been written on the subject since 1988. The major focus in addressing the problem of personal information management appears to be on technology applications, but research from 2015 onwards starts to address individual factors as they relate to personal information management.

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Section: Distribution Of Literature On Pim By Subject Area 1988-2020mentioning

confidence: 99%

Knowledge mapping and visualization of personal information management literature, 1988–2020

Nwagwu

Williams

2022

IFLA Journal

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Software agents and issues in personalisation: Technology to accommodate individual users

Keeble

Macredie

1998

Personal Technologies

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This paper provides a background to the somewhat nebulous field of computing known as "software agent technology". It gives both an overview of some of the key issues faced by the field, and illustrates the context for the papers contained in the rest of the special issue. The paper begins with a brief introduction to the field and proceeds to survey existing work, showing where overlaps exist between agent technology research and interrelated fields such as Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and Distributed Artificial Intelligence (DAI). The paper then alters focus to concentrate on applications to the personalisation of systems and services to individual users, and techniques which offer opportunities in this area. The other papers in the Special Issue then form the basis for a review of the current state of the art in the personalisation of Systems using agent technology. The paper concludes by offering some suggestions for future development of the technologies mentioned.

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