Here are the counts returned by Google for some of the more common software
agent terms. The intent is to show the penetration of software agent
terminology into the field and the marketplace.
Note that Google doesn't do basic stemming of plural words properly (if at
all), its
counts are obviously rounded, and the counts are otherwise not necessarily very
accurate at all, but the do indicate the ballpark. For every term I
include both the phrase as simple words and quoted since there are subtle
variations in usage that I wanted to pick up.
Click on the term to do a current Google search on that term.
|
Software Agent Term |
1/1/2005 |
|
agent |
87,300,000 |
|
agents |
77,300,000 |
|
software agent |
15,400,000 |
|
"software agent" |
181,000 |
|
software agents |
19,300,000 |
|
"software agents" |
498,000 |
|
software agency |
14,300,000 |
|
"software agency" |
14,300 |
|
intelligent agent |
5,760,000 |
|
"intelligent agent" |
232,000 |
|
intelligent agents |
6,160,000 |
|
"intelligent agents" |
637,000 |
|
intelligent agent technologies |
1,020,000 |
|
"intelligent agent technologies" |
7,870 |
|
intelligent software agent |
2,540,000 |
|
"intelligent software agent" |
4,860 |
|
intelligent software agents |
2,720,000 |
|
"intelligent software agents" |
40,500 |
|
intelligent virtual agent |
910,000 |
|
"intelligent virtual agent" |
185 |
|
intelligent virtual agents |
1,120,000 |
|
"intelligent virtual agents" |
5,960 |
|
multi-agent systems |
1,250,000 |
|
"multi-agent systems" |
453,000 |
|
multiagent systems |
165,000 |
|
"multiagent systems" |
118,000 |
|
autonomous agent |
805,000 |
|
"autonomous agent" |
46,200 |
|
autonomous agents |
1,380,000 |
|
"autonomous agents" |
294,000 |
|
software agent application |
5,860,000 |
|
"software agent application" |
158 |
|
software agent applications |
5,460,000 |
|
"software agent applications" |
244 |
|
software agent definition |
2,750,000 |
|
"software agent" definition |
35,400 |
|
"software agent definition" |
14 |
|
software agent definitions |
1,870,000 |
|
"software agent" definitions |
18,800 |
|
"software agent definitions" |
5 |
|
software agent technology |
7,400,000 |
|
"software agent technology" |
9,960 |
|
software agent technologies |
2,810,000 |
|
"software agent technologies" |
936 |
|
software agent tool |
3,920,000 |
|
"software agent tool" |
14 |
|
software agent tools |
6,660,000 |
|
"software agent tools" |
18 |
|
software agent toolkit |
515,000 |
|
"software agent toolkit" |
6 |
|
software agent toolkits |
51,700 |
|
"software agent toolkits" |
12 |
|
software agent books |
3,540,000 |
|
"software agent books" |
19 |
|
agent technology |
13,600,000 |
|
"agent technology" |
229,000 |
|
agent technologies |
5,650,000 |
|
"agent technologies" |
51,100 |
|
robot |
21,200,000 |
|
robotics |
9,270,000 |
|
agent-based |
1,010,000 |
|
agent-based computing |
253,000 |
|
"agent-based computing" |
18,500 |
|
agent-based systems |
737,000 |
|
"agent-based systems" |
51,900 |
|
agent-based software |
477,000 |
|
"agent-based software" |
15,700 |
|
agent-based technologies |
196,000 |
|
"agent-based technologies" |
976 |
|
agent-oriented |
84,900 |
|
agent-oriented programming |
44,700 |
|
"agent-oriented programming" |
17,000 |
|
agent-oriented software |
65,700 |
|
"agent-oriented software" |
25,200 |
|
agent-oriented software engineering |
49,800 |
|
"agent-oriented software engineering" |
17,800 |
|
agent-oriented technology |
49,600 |
|
"agent-oriented technology" |
662 |
|
agent-oriented technologies |
29,800 |
|
"agent-oriented technologies" |
289 |
|
Turing machine |
448,000 |
|
"Turing machine" |
197,000 |
|
Turing machines |
424,000 |
|
"Turing machines" |
140,000 |
|
Interaction machine |
4,880,000 |
|
"Interaction machine" |
719 |
|
Interaction machines |
3,650,000 |
|
"Interaction machines" |
435 |
|
agent patent |
2,950,000 |
|
agent patents |
2,000,000 |
|
"agent patent" |
4,190 |
|
"agent patents" |
334 |
|
software agent patent |
1,100,000 |
|
"software agent" patent |
4,470 |
|
"software agent patent" |
5 |
|
software agent patents |
679,000 |
|
"software agent" patents |
934 |
|
"software agent patents" |
1 |
|
intelligent agent patent |
187,000 |
|
"intelligent agent" patent |
5,810 |
|
"intelligent agent patent" |
5 |
|
intelligent agent patents |
111,000 |
|
"intelligent agent" patents |
3,760 |
|
"intelligent agent patents" |
2 |
|
intelligent software agent patent |
190,000 |
|
"intelligent software agent" patent |
145 |
|
"intelligent software agent patent" |
1 |
|
intelligent software agent patents |
143,000 |
|
"intelligent software agent" patents |
63 |
|
"intelligent software agent patents" |
1 |
|
autonomous agent patent |
39,600 |
|
"autonomous agent" patent |
413 |
|
"autonomous agent patent" |
1 |
|
autonomous agent patents |
29,800 |
|
"autonomous agent" patents |
252 |
|
"autonomous agent patents" |
1 |
|
autonomous software agent patent |
61,200 |
|
"autonomous software agent" patent |
22 |
|
"autonomous software agent patent" |
1 |
|
autonomous software agent patents |
37,400 |
|
"autonomous software agent" patents |
11 |
|
"autonomous software agent patents" |
1 |
|
smart component |
3,880,000 |
|
"smart component" |
5,230 |
|
smart components |
7,210,000 |
|
"smart components" |
6,010 |
|
smart software component |
2,040,000 |
|
"smart software component" |
5 |
|
smart software components |
4,180,000 |
|
"smart software components" |
65 |
|
intelligent component |
4,950,000 |
|
"intelligent component" |
218,000 |
|
intelligent components |
7,680,000 |
|
"intelligent components" |
11,000 |
|
intelligent software component |
2,900,000 |
|
"intelligent software component" |
32 |
|
intelligent software components |
4,910,000 |
|
"intelligent software components" |
29,500 |
|
autonomous component |
950,000 |
|
"autonomous component" |
4,350 |
|
autonomous components |
1,070,000 |
|
"autonomous components" |
8,110 |
|
autonomous software component |
448,000 |
|
"autonomous software component" |
97 |
|
autonomous software components |
542,000 |
|
"autonomous software components" |
319 |
|
sentient object |
178,000 |
|
"sentient object" |
1,590 |
|
sentient objects |
171,000 |
|
"sentient objects" |
959 |
|
semiotic agent |
53,400 |
|
"semiotic agent" |
206 |
|
semiotic agents |
76,400 |
|
"semiotic agents" |
142 |
|
agent interaction language |
1,320,000 |
|
agent interaction languages |
588,000 |
|
"agent interaction language" |
25 |
|
"agent interaction languages" |
13 |
|
agent interaction machine |
844,000 |
|
agent interaction machines |
611,000 |
|
"agent interaction machine" |
10 |
|
"agent interaction machines" |
15 |
|
multi-agent interaction machine |
97,200 |
|
multi-agent interaction machines |
60,400 |
|
"multi-agent interaction machine" |
3 |
|
"multi-agent interaction machines" |
12 |
|
autonomic computing |
385,000 |
|
"autonomic computing" |
316,000 |
|
quantum agent |
806,000 |
|
"quantum agent" |
36 |
|
quantum agents |
920,000 |
|
"quantum agents" |
46 |
|
quantum software agent |
233,000 |
|
"quantum software agent" |
5 |
|
quantum software agents |
341,000 |
|
"quantum software agents" |
1 |
|
quantum computational agent |
155,000 |
|
"quantum computational agent" |
7 |
|
quantum computational agents |
155,000 |
|
"quantum computational agents" |
14 |
Copyright © 2004 John W. Krupansky d/b/a Base Technology