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Agent technology promises to increase the flexibility and power of telecommunications management systems and services. This paper describes ongoing work that, through prototyping and experimentation, is aiming to understand the practical implications and benefits of applying agent technology to network and service management.
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Corley, S., Tesselaar, M., Cooley, J., Meinköhn, J., Malabocchia, F., Garijo, F. (1998). The application of intelligent and mobile agents to network and service management. In: Trigila, S., Mullery, A., Campolargo, M., Vanderstraeten, H., Mampaey, M. (eds) Intelligence in Services and Networks: Technology for Ubiquitous Telecom Services. IS&N 1998. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1430. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0056959
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