Intelligence in Networks, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2000 IFIP TC6 WG6.7 Fifth International Conference on Intelligence in Networks (SMARTNET '99) November 22-26, 1999, Pathumthani, Thailand IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology Series, Vol. 32

Intelligence in Networks is a concept, the meaning of which is highly related to the time-period when it is used. In the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, it was mainly related to the teleservice repertoire `an sich'. In the 1990s, it is more related to efficient flexibility in the introduction of new teleservices and teleservice repertoire.
This state-of-the-art text sets out to identify and study issues related to solutions for increasing intelligence in networks. As examples, intelligence networks (IN), telecommunication information networking architecture (TINA) and mobile agents and active networks are different solutions for improving the grade of network intelligence. The areas under discussion include research and development within various closely related fields such as:

Teleservices, service architecture and service creation;

Middleware and specification languages;

Mobile agents, active networks, plug-and-play issues; and

Quality of service and performance.£/LIST£
Intelligence in Networks contains the proceedings of SMARTNET'99, the fifth in a series of conferences on intelligence in networks sponsored by the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP), at the Asian Institute of Technology, Pathumthani, Thailand in November 1999.

Preface. Program and Organizing Committees. Keynote Session. Invited Paper Session. Technical Session: Teleservices - 1. Technical Session: Application of Mobile Agents - 1. Technical Session: High Capacity Networks and ATM. Technical Session: Teleservices - 2. Technical Session: Middleware and Specification Languages. Technical Session: Teleservices - 3. Technical Session: Teleservices - 4. Technical Session: QoS and Performance Management. Technical Session: Teleservices - 5. Technical Session: Application of Mobile Agents - 2. Author Index. Index.

Thongchai Yongchareon is President of the Telephone Organisation of Thailand. Finn Arve Aagesen is Professor in Telematics at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway. Vilas Wuwongse is Professor in Computer Science at the Asian Institute of Technology, Pathumthani, Thailand.