BibTeX for papers by David Kotz; for complete/updated list see
https://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~kotz/research/papers.html

@Article{rus:autonomous3,
  author =        {Daniela Rus and Robert Gray and David Kotz},
  title =         {{Transportable Information Agents}},
  journal =       {Journal of Intelligent Information Systems},
  year =          1997,
  month =         {November},
  volume =        9,
  pages =         {215--238},
  publisher =     {Kluwer Academic Publishers},
  copyright =     {Kluwer Academic Publishers},
  DOI =           {10.1023/A:1008622002816},
  URL =           {https://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~kotz/research/rus-autonomous3/index.html},
  abstract =      {Transportable agents are autonomous programs. They can move through a heterogeneous network of computers under their own control, migrating from host to host. They can sense the state of the network, monitor software conditions, and interact with other agents or resources. The network-sensing tools allow our agents to adapt to the network configuration and to navigate under the control of reactive plans. In this paper we describe the design and implementation of the navigation system that gives our agents autonomy. We also discuss the intelligent and adaptive behavior of autonomous agents in distributed information-gathering tasks.},
}