BIG: An agent for resource-bounded information gathering and decision making

The World Wide Web has become an invaluable information resource but the explosion of available information has made web search a time consuming and complex process. The large number of information sources and their different levels of accessibility, reliability and associated costs present a complex information gathering control problem. This paper describes the rationale, architecture, and implementation of a next generation information gathering system

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2000
• Where: AI
• Authors: Victor R. Lesser, Bryan Horling, Frank Klassner, Anita Raja, Thomas Wagner, Xiaoqin Zhang
• Keywords: AI 2000, Artificial Intelligence, Information, National Science Foundation