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be designed to take the context of the person's tasks and situation into account as they present information and take action. . Adaptivity: Agents can use learning algorithms to continually improve their behavior by noticing recurrent patterns of actions and events. Toward Agent-Enabled System

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entitled SOCIOTECHNICAL INFLUENCES ON OUTCOMES IN TELEHOMECARE and recommend that it be accepted as fulfilling the dissertation requirement for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy