Ontology Based Multi Agent Systems

Author : Maja Hadzic,Elizabeth J. Chang,Pornpit Wongthongtham
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2009-06-25
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9783642019036

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Ontology-Based Multi-Agent Systems by Maja Hadzic,Elizabeth J. Chang,Pornpit Wongthongtham Pdf

During the last two decades, the idea of Semantic Web has received a great deal of attention. An extensive body of knowledge has emerged to describe technologies that seek to help us create and use aspects of the Semantic Web. Ontology and agent-based technologies are understood to be the two important technologies here. A large number of articles and a number of books exist to describe the use individually of the two technologies and the design of systems that use each of these technologies individually, but little focus has been given on how one can - sign systems that carryout integrated use of the two different technologies. In this book we describe ontology and agent-based systems individually, and highlight advantages of integration of the two different and complementary te- nologies. We also present a methodology that will guide us in the design of the - tegrated ontology-based multi-agent systems and illustrate this methodology on two use cases from the health and software engineering domain. This book is organized as follows: • Chapter I, Current issues and the need for ontologies and agents, describes existing problems associated with uncontrollable information overload and explains how ontologies and agent-based systems can help address these - sues. • Chapter II, Introduction to multi-agent systems, defines agents and their main characteristics and features including mobility, communications and collaboration between different agents. It also presents different types of agents on the basis of classifications done by different authors.

Author : Alireza Akbari Azirani
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3843905002

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Towards Ontology-Based Multi-Agent Systems for Monitoring and Diagnostic of Power System Components by Alireza Akbari Azirani Pdf

Author : Valentina Tamma,Stephen Cranefield,Timothy W. Finin,Steven Willmott
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2006-03-30
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783764373610

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Ontologies for Agents: Theory and Experiences by Valentina Tamma,Stephen Cranefield,Timothy W. Finin,Steven Willmott Pdf

The volume aims at providing a comprehensive review of the diverse efforts covering the gap existing between the two main perspectives on the topic of ontologies for multi-agent systems, namely: How ontologies should be modelled and represented in order to be effectively used in agent systems, and on the other hand, what kind of capabilities should be exhibited by an agent in order to make use of ontological knowledge and to perform efficient reasoning with it. The volume collects the most significant papers of the AAMAS 2002 and AAMAS 2003 workshop on ontologies for agent systems, and the EKAW 2002 workshop on ontologies for multi-agent systems.

Author : Norbert Glaser
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781461509738

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Conceptual Modelling of Multi-Agent Systems by Norbert Glaser Pdf

Conceptual Modelling of Multi-Agent Systems proposes the methodology and engineering environment CoMoMAS for the development of multi-agent systems. CoMoMAS is among the most elaborated and most often cited multi-agent development approaches available in the field. Its originality is to address the issue of the development of multi-agent systems (MAS) from a knowledge engineering perspective, which means that agents are seen as interacting entities having different kinds of knowledge, which is to be identified during development. Knowledge has played an important role for MAS development in the past, but CoMoMAS makes a step further in proposing a complete set of conceptual models and a solid methodology to guide the overall development process of a MAS-from design to validation. Conceptual Modelling of Multi-Agent Systems is an excellent reference for both researchers and practitioners in the broad area of distributed systems development. This book is of particular value from the point of view of computer science, including knowledge engineering, artificial intelligence, agent and multi-agent technology, and software engineering.

Author : Matteo Baldoni,Jörg P. Müller,Ingrid Nunes,Rym Zalila-Wenkstern
Publisher : Springer
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2016-12-15
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783319509839

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Engineering Multi-Agent Systems by Matteo Baldoni,Jörg P. Müller,Ingrid Nunes,Rym Zalila-Wenkstern Pdf

This book constitutes revised, selected, and invited papers from the 4th International Workshop on Engineering Multi-Agent Systems, EMAS 2016, held in Singapore, in May 2016, in conjunction with AAMAS. The 10 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 14 submissions. The book also contains 2 invited papers; extended versions of AAMAS 2016 demonstration abstracts. EMAS deals with MAS software engineering processes, methodologies and techniques; Programming languages for MAS; Formal methods and declarative technologies for the specification, validation and verification of MAS; and development tools.

Author : Fabio Luigi Bellifemine,Giovanni Caire,Dominic Greenwood
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2007-03-13
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780470058404

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Developing Multi-Agent Systems with JADE by Fabio Luigi Bellifemine,Giovanni Caire,Dominic Greenwood Pdf

Learn how to employ JADE to build multi-agent systems! JADE (Java Agent DEvelopment framework) is a middleware for the development of applications, both in the mobile and fixed environment, based on the Peer-to-Peer intelligent autonomous agent approach. JADE enables developers to implement and deploy multi-agent systems, including agents running on wireless networks and limited-resource devices. Developing Multi-Agent Systems with JADE is a practical guide to using JADE. The text will give an introduction to agent technologies and the JADE Platform, before proceeding to give a comprehensive guide to programming with JADE. Basic features such as creating agents, agent tasks, agent communication, agent discovery and GUIs are covered, as well as more advanced features including ontologies and content languages, complex behaviours, interaction protocols, agent mobility, and the in-process interface. Issues such as JADE internals, running JADE agents on mobile devices, deploying a fault tolerant JADE platform, and main add-ons are also covered in depth. Developing Multi-Agent Systems with JADE: Comprehensive guide to using JADE to build multi-agent systems and agent orientated programming. Describes and explains ontologies and content language, interaction protocols and complex behaviour. Includes material on persistence, security and a semantics framework. Contains numerous examples, problems, and illustrations to enhance learning. Presents a case study demonstrating the use of JADE in practice. Offers an accompanying website with additional learning resources such as sample code, exercises and PPT-slides. This invaluable resource will provide multi-agent systems practitioners, programmers working in the software industry with an interest on multi-agent systems as well as final year undergraduate and postgraduate students in CS and advanced networking and telecoms courses with a comprehensive guide to using JADE to employ multi agent systems. With contributions from experts in JADE and multi agent technology.

Author : Michael Wooldridge
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2009-06-22
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780470519462

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An Introduction to MultiAgent Systems by Michael Wooldridge Pdf

The study of multi-agent systems (MAS) focuses on systems in which many intelligent agents interact with each other. These agents are considered to be autonomous entities such as software programs or robots. Their interactions can either be cooperative (for example as in an ant colony) or selfish (as in a free market economy). This book assumes only basic knowledge of algorithms and discrete maths, both of which are taught as standard in the first or second year of computer science degree programmes. A basic knowledge of artificial intelligence would useful to help understand some of the issues, but is not essential. The book’s main aims are: To introduce the student to the concept of agents and multi-agent systems, and the main applications for which they are appropriate To introduce the main issues surrounding the design of intelligent agents To introduce the main issues surrounding the design of a multi-agent society To introduce a number of typical applications for agent technology After reading the book the student should understand: The notion of an agent, how agents are distinct from other software paradigms (e.g. objects) and the characteristics of applications that lend themselves to agent-oriented software The key issues associated with constructing agents capable of intelligent autonomous action and the main approaches taken to developing such agents The key issues in designing societies of agents that can effectively cooperate in order to solve problems, including an understanding of the key types of multi-agent interactions possible in such systems The main application areas of agent-based systems

Author : D. Barbucha,M.T. Le,R.J. Howlett
Publisher : IOS Press
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2013-05-14
Category : COMPUTERS
ISBN : 9781614992547

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Advanced Methods and Technologies for Agent and Multi-Agent Systems by D. Barbucha,M.T. Le,R.J. Howlett Pdf

The field of agent and multi-agent systems is concerned with the development and evaluation of sophisticated, AI-based, problem solving and control architectures for both single and multi-agent systems. This book presents the proceedings of the 7th KES Conference on Agent and Multi-agent Systems – Technologies and Applications (KES-AMSTA 2013), held in Hue City, Vietnam, in May 2013. The KES-AMSTA 2013 conference provides an internationally respected forum for scientific research in the technologies and applications of agent and multi-agent systems. In all, 44 papers were selected for oral presentation and publication in this volume. Special attention is paid to the feature topics of intelligent technologies and applications in the area of e-health, social networking, self-organizing systems, economics and trust management. Other topics covered include: agent oriented software engineering; beliefs engineering; desires and intentions representation; agent cooperation, coordination, negotiation, organization and communication; distributed problem-solving; specification of agent communication languages; formalization of ontologies; and conversational agents. The book highlights new trends and challenges in agent and multi-agent research, and will be of interest to the research community working in the fields of artificial intelligence, collective computational intelligence, robotics, dialogue systems and, in particular, agent and multi-agent systems, technologies and applications.

Author : Alessandro Garcia,Ricardo Choren,Carlos Lucena,Paolo Giorgini,Tom Holvoet,Alexander Romanovsky
Publisher : Springer
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2006-04-27
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783540335832

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Software Engineering for Multi-Agent Systems IV by Alessandro Garcia,Ricardo Choren,Carlos Lucena,Paolo Giorgini,Tom Holvoet,Alexander Romanovsky Pdf

This book presents a coherent, well-balanced survey of recent advances in software engineering approaches to the design and analysis of realistic large-scale multi-agent systems (MAS). The chapters included are devoted to various techniques and methods used to cope with the complexity of real-world MAS. Reflecting the importance of agent properties in today's software systems, the power of agent-based software engineering is illustrated using examples that are representative of successful applications.

Author : David E Forbes,Pornpit Wongthongtham,Chamonix Terblanche,Udsanee Pakdeetrakulwong
Publisher : Springer
Page : 103 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2017-08-10
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783319650128

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Ontology Engineering Applications in Healthcare and Workforce Management Systems by David E Forbes,Pornpit Wongthongtham,Chamonix Terblanche,Udsanee Pakdeetrakulwong Pdf

Looking beyond the communications technology horizon and projecting future competency-specific employment demand, this book presents an evaluation of desirable information systems enhancements by integrating two disparate-domain computer ontologies. It provides readers a fresh solutions approach based on dynamic modeling and methodological contributions to philosophical and assistive communications system development in healthcare, addressing the need for both demand intelligence and practical work environment support. The pace of change in redefining occupation-specific employee resourcing needs is unrelenting and continues to accelerate. And the exponential growth in the demand for healthcare service delivery is correspondingly daunting. As such, the public and private sectors are faced with the challenge of sustaining credible relevant demand intelligence and recruitment practices, while integration, expansion and enrichment of ostensibly unconnected ontologies represent key R&D issues.

Author : Faisal Alkhateeb,Eslam Al Maghayreh,Iyad Abu Doush
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 515 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2011-04-01
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9789533071763

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Multi-Agent Systems by Faisal Alkhateeb,Eslam Al Maghayreh,Iyad Abu Doush Pdf

A multi-agent system (MAS) is a system composed of multiple interacting intelligent agents. Multi-agent systems can be used to solve problems which are difficult or impossible for an individual agent or monolithic system to solve. Agent systems are open and extensible systems that allow for the deployment of autonomous and proactive software components. Multi-agent systems have been brought up and used in several application domains.

Author : Mostafa Ezziyyani,Mohamed Bahaj,Faddoul Khoukhi
Publisher : Springer
Page : 518 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2017-11-10
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783319691374

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Advanced Information Technology, Services and Systems by Mostafa Ezziyyani,Mohamed Bahaj,Faddoul Khoukhi Pdf

This book includes the proceedings of the International Conference on Advanced Information Technology, Services and Systems (AIT2S-17) held on April 14–15, 2017 in Tangier, Morocco. Presenting the latest research in the field, it stimulates debate, discusses new challenges and provides insights into the field in order to promote closer interaction and interdisciplinary collaboration between researchers and practitioners. Intended for researchers and practitioners in advanced information technology/management and networking, the book is also of interest to those in emergent fields such as data science and analytics, big data, Internet of Things, smart networked systems, artificial intelligence and expert systems, pattern recognition, and cloud computing.

Author : Yves Demazeau,Jörg Müller,Juan M. Corchado Rodríguez,Javier Bajo Pérez
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2012-03-05
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783642287862

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Advances on Practical Applications of Agents and Multi-Agent Systems by Yves Demazeau,Jörg Müller,Juan M. Corchado Rodríguez,Javier Bajo Pérez Pdf

Research on Agents and Multi-Agent Systems has matured during the last decade and many effective applications of this technology are now deployed. PAAMS provides an international forum to present and discuss the latest scientific developments and their effective applications, to assess the impact of the approach, and to facilitate technology transfer. PAAMS started as a local initiative, but has since grown to become THE international yearly platform to present, to discuss, and to disseminate the latest developments and the most important outcomes related to real-world applications. It provides a unique opportunity to bring multi-disciplinary experts, academics and practitioners together to exchange their experience in the development and deployment of Agents and Multi-Agent Systems. PAAMS intends to bring together researchers and developers from industry and the academic world to report on the latest scientific and technical advances on the application of multi-agent systems, to discuss and debate the major issues, and to showcase the latest systems using agent based technology. It will promote a forum for discussion on how agent-based techniques, methods, and tools help system designers to accomplish the mapping between available agent technology and application needs. Other stakeholders should be rewarded with a better understanding of the potential and challenges of the agent-oriented approach. This edition of PAAMS brings together past experience, current work, and promising future trends associated with distributed computing, artificial intelligence and their application in order to provide efficient solutions to real problems. This symposium is organized by the Bioinformatics, Intelligent System and Educational Technology Research Group (http://bisite.usal.es/) of the University of Salamanca. The present edition will be held in Salamanca, Spain, from 28th to 30th March 2012. This edition of PAAMS brings together past experience, current work, and promising future trends associated with distributed computing, artificial intelligence and their application in order to provide efficient solutions to real problems. This symposium is organized by the Bioinformatics, Intelligent System and Educational Technology Research Group (http://bisite.usal.es/) of the University of Salamanca. The present edition will be held in Salamanca, Spain, from 28th to 30th March 2012.

Author : Lawrence Cavedon,Zakaria Maamar,David Martin,Boualem Benatallah
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2006-03-30
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780387233444

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Extending Web Services Technologies by Lawrence Cavedon,Zakaria Maamar,David Martin,Boualem Benatallah Pdf

Extending Web Services Technologies addresses the rapidly growing impact of Multi-Agent Systems on web services tools and techniques. In particular, the book addresses the potential for MAS techniques to impact the difficult challenges that must be tackled for web services technology to realize its promises. The area of web services offers the multi-agent community exciting research possibilities, including similarities in system architectures, powerful tools, and a focus on issues such as trust and reliability. Likewise, techniques developed in the multi-agent research community promise to have a strong impact on this fast growing technology. The contents contain contributions by leading international researchers and professionals from both the web services and Multi-Agent Systems community. Topics include semantic web services and associated standards, architectures integrating agents and services, transactions, authorization, and service composition.

Author : Vishal Jain,Ritika Wason,Jyotir Moy Chatterjee,Dac-Nhuong Le
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2020-07-29
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781119641384

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Ontology-Based Information Retrieval for Healthcare Systems by Vishal Jain,Ritika Wason,Jyotir Moy Chatterjee,Dac-Nhuong Le Pdf

With the advancements of semantic web, ontology has become the crucial mechanism for representing concepts in various domains. For research and dispersal of customized healthcare services, a major challenge is to efficiently retrieve and analyze individual patient data from a large volume of heterogeneous data over a long time span. This requirement demands effective ontology-based information retrieval approaches for clinical information systems so that the pertinent information can be mined from large amount of distributed data. This unique and groundbreaking book highlights the key advances in ontology-based information retrieval techniques being applied in the healthcare domain and covers the following areas: Semantic data integration in e-health care systems Keyword-based medical information retrieval Ontology-based query retrieval support for e-health implementation Ontologies as a database management system technology for medical information retrieval Information integration using contextual knowledge and ontology merging Collaborative ontology-based information indexing and retrieval in health informatics An ontology-based text mining framework for vulnerability assessment in health and social care An ontology-based multi-agent system for matchmaking patient healthcare monitoring A multi-agent system for querying heterogeneous data sources with ontologies for reducing cost of customized healthcare systems A methodology for ontology based multi agent systems development Ontology based systems for clinical systems: validity, ethics and regulation