id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt work_6zijj3t3yzarjnpezhk6rguhx4 Aleksander Pivk Domain-dependent information gathering agent 2002 12 .pdf application/pdf 7526 657 59 A universal agent should be capable of gathering information from arbitrary heterogeneous sites and offer intelligent It can visit an arbitrary domain-related site by observing a user perform the first query. particular item, the agent gathers relevant information from various sites. The major advantage of the agent is a semiautomatic creation of a wrapper around a particular site with few human interventions. such information-gathering agents: ShinA (SHoppINg Assistant) for e-trading tasks, and EMA (EMployment Agent), which Keywords: Intelligent agent; Comparison shopping; Information extraction; Inductive learning; Wrapper Information/Internet agents perform the role of shopping agent queries multiple sites on behalf of a The agent observes a user enter and query a new The agent performs a new query to the Internet {The agent stores three basic types of information: agent, provide basic information about available jobs EMA is an intelligent agent that provides userfriendly information on demand, or when it notices Information such as extracted rules, query templates, ./cache/work_6zijj3t3yzarjnpezhk6rguhx4.pdf ./txt/work_6zijj3t3yzarjnpezhk6rguhx4.txt