@TechReport{Dartmouth:TR96-278,
  author = {Robert S. Gray and Daniela Rus and David Kotz},
  title = {{Transportable Information Agents}},
  institution = {Dartmouth College, Computer Science},
  address = {Hanover, NH},
  number = {PCS-TR96-278},
  year = {1996},
  month = {February},
  URL = {http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/reports/TR96-278.ps.Z},
  comment = {
    Revised version to appear in AAAI '96 Workshop on Intelligent Adaptive
    Agents.
  },
  abstract = {
    We have designed and implemented autonomous software agents.
    Autonomous software agents navigate independently through a
    heterogeneous network. They are capable of sensing the network
    configuration, monitoring software conditions, and interacting with
    other agents. Autonomous agents are implemented as transportable
    programs, e.g., programs that are capable of suspending
    execution, moving to a different machine, and starting from where they
    left off.  We illustrate the intelligent behavior of autonomous agents
    in the context of distributed information-gathering tasks.
  }
}