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\title{\textbf{The Report for the Project} \vspace{2cm} \\ COMP6421---Compiler Design \vspace{1cm} \\ Teacher: Simpson}
\author{ \vspace{2cm} Haibao \\\\ Student Number: 356952 \\\\ Email: h\_bao@dude.com}

\date{April 8, 2010}

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\section*{1. Problem}
Flexibility, agility, and rapid response ability to rapid market changes affect each segment of agent technology.

\section*{2. Background}
Agent theory roots in artificial intelligence. The definition of 'agent' by Nwana and Ndumu is: An agent is defined as referring to a component of software or hardware which is capable of acting exactly in order to accomplish tasks on behalf of its user.
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A multi-agent system (MAS) is a collection of agents each of which has its own knowledge base, induction and deduction abilities, and interaction capability to reach a common goal.

\section*{3. Contribution}
This paper researched application of intelligent agent technology.

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