Agent Technology concepts in a heterogeneous distributed searching environment

Valeda Frances Dent, Wendy Hall, Stephen Harris, Jessie Hey, Kirk Martinez
2001 Vine: The Journal of Information and Knowledge Management Systems  
Hybrid libraries provide multiple ways to access information in various formats, normally within a common information framework. The eLib project MALIBU (MAnaging the Hybrid LIbrary for the Benefit of Users) focuses on the development of models, both prototypic and theoretic, for management and organisation of the hybrid library. This article describes the agent technology used for the MALIBU prototype search engine that allows for the search and retrieval of information from disparate resources.
doi:10.1108/03055720010804032 fatcat:7hx3cdrzjzfo7lz5qhg2nf6qmq