Objects Are Dead - Long Live Agents
Doug Taylor · 2005
Object-oriented technology has gone from cachet to passe. Now that objects can truly deliver on their promise, they are falling out of favor. Meanwhile, agent technology is becoming the new darling of the market, despite the fact that this technology is still in the research labs. The software disenchantment life cycle has begun again. But we can break this cycle by extending objects to include the rules and reasoning required of agents. This strategy fully leverages the 25 years of research and development that have made objects commercially viable, yet offers new capabilities that are essential to the emerging generation of adaptive, Internet-based business systems. The presentation includes tools and techniques for helping objects function as effective electronic agents.