>Emil, you are back on SCIART_L welcome back!POlly



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Ouffff!....Thanks Polly  :)



Now that I am back, allow me to post something useful for all the Sciart-lers.



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     Unlike all Internet search engines, which uncovers thousands of Web

     sites, leaving users with the frustrating chore of sifting through

     pages of extraneous material, "Autonomy Web Researcher" can learn

     about user's interest in a particular topic and then scour the

     Internet, looking for relevant documents. The user types in a plain

     English sentence or question, or even pastes in a paragraph or more of

     relevant text. The program then sends its "intelligent agents" out on

     the Internet and evaluates their key concepts and overall context to

     determine whether they match the user's interests. When it finds a

     relevant page, it retrieves it to the user's PC to be previewed

     off-line using a Web browser such as Netscape Navigator or Microsoft

     Explorer. Program's agents are autonomous, able to gather information

     without further guidance and as the user identify the most relevant

     material returned, subsequent retrievals are more precise.



     Autonomy's world's first "truly smart agents" are based on Neural

     Network Technology developed from research at Cambridge University and

     they are made up of two parts. The first is called the "legs", which

     move through resources such as Web sites, e-mail, or corporate

     intranets. The second part is a 'brain", which makes decisions on the

     user's behalf.



     Like the "Autonomy Web Researcher" the "Autonomy Press Agent" can be

     trained on a sentence, question, or any relevant text. The Press Agent

     searches electronic news sources such as newspapers, magazines, and

     wire services, determines which stories are relevant and retrieves the

     actual articles in the form of personalized newspaper. It can be also

     instructed to research any topic rather than predetermined news

     categories.



     The Web Researcher and the Press Agent are available now as a free

     beta download from the Autonomy web site at:



     http://www.agentware.com



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    "Always be tolerant with those who disagree with you. They have a right to

     their ridiculous opinion"  w.f.i.





    Emil Huston

    Royal Ontario Museum

    Toronto, Onatrio

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