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A document delivery system comprising a data store of content objects and a publishing agent is presented. One or more of the content objects are selected and retrieved to comprise a personalized publication. The publishing agent finalizes at least a partial layout of content objects and schedules p

A document delivery system comprising a data store of content objects and a publishing agent is presented. One or more of the content objects are selected and retrieved to comprise a personalized publication. The publishing agent finalizes at least a partial layout of content objects and schedules publication of the personalized publication based, at least in part, on a measure of complexity of the personalized publication.

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1. A method comprising:electronically retrieving content objects for inclusion in a publication;measuring compilation time of at least a partial layout of the publication to develop a complexity measure for the publication; andgenerating a publication schedule for the publication based, at least in

1. A method comprising:electronically retrieving content objects for inclusion in a publication;measuring compilation time of at least a partial layout of the publication to develop a complexity measure for the publication; andgenerating a publication schedule for the publication based, at least in part, on the developed complexity measure of the publication. 2. A method according to claim 1, further comprising:determining one or more of a number of publications to be produced, a scheduled delivery time for the publications, a complexity measure of the publications, and whether any content objects are to be retrieved immediately prior to publication. 3. A method according to claim 2, wherein the step of generating a publication schedule is based, at least in part, on said determining step. 4. A method according to claim 1, further comprising:initiating publication of the publication according to the publication schedule; anddelivering the publication to one or more requesting users through an automated document delivery system at a scheduled delivery time. 5. A method according to claim 4, further comprising:determining when the one or more requesting users accesses the delivered publication, if possible; andupdating a user profile with the access time information the user profile including the user interests. 6. A method according to claim 5, wherein said step of generating a publication schedule is based, at least in part, on user profile information. 7. A method according to claim 6, wherein the user profile information includes information denoting access time information. 8. A method according to claim 4, wherein the step of generating the publication schedule is based, at least in part, on heuristic information associated with a time when a user actually accesses the delivered publication, and wherein the personalized document is based on the user's interests. 9. A method according to claim 1, wherein the step of generating the publication schedule is based, at least in part, on media count and/or type information received from a printing device within a document delivery system, and wherein the personalized document is based on the user's interests. 10. A storage medium comprising a plurality of executable instructions including at least a subset which, when executed, implement a publishing agent to publish a publication delivered through a data network, wherein the publishing agent performs at least a partial layout of the publication using pre-identified content objects and schedules publication of the publication based, at least in part, on a measured complexity of the publication, and wherein the publishing agent generates a measure of publication complexity by measuring a time required to complete at least the partial layout of the publication. 11. A storage medium according to claim 10, wherein the publishing agent schedules publication based, at least in part, on a quantity of publications to be generated, a complexity of the publications, a scheduled delivery time of the publications, and whether any content objects are to be retrieved immediately prior to publication.