OpenCOLA - P2P Agents

• Large organizations - duplication of research

• Communities of interest: auctions, games, music

• Need to find points of commonality

• Use agents (robots, continuous spidering) to assess their similarity,

• Recognize connections quickly

Real World Applications

• Auction tracking

• Locating experts and communities of interest

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