DavidReilly.com: Software Agents - An informal and brief overview with links to more information. - http://www.davidreilly.com/topics/software_agents/
Where Do Intelligent Agents Come From? - "Researchers at Indiana University (IU) are part of a growing community that believe that the dumb-agent approach will both enable Artificial Intelligence (AI) researchers to build more intelligent systems and enable - http://www.acm.org/crossroads/xrds5-4/dumbagents.html