Title :
Multiagent Place-Based Virtual Communities for Pervasive Computing
Author :
Nguyen, Tuan ; Loke, Seng ; Torabi, Torab ; Lu, Hongen
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Comput. Eng., La Trobe Univ., Bundoora, VIC
Abstract :
This paper proposes a multiagent based virtual community as a new means to support pervasive computing services. We give a conceptual definition of the concept of Place-Based Virtual (PBV) Community. A PBV-community can be used in an environment of context-aware applications and is where agents can help users\´ interactions with services within the PBV- community. We have proposed a model for a PBV- Community and implemented a prototype called "student digital assistant" based on the agent-oriented approach. We have developed a multiagent architecture and protocols to realize the PBV- community. Agents in this architecture can cooperate and collaborate to provide different services to end users based on the user\´s context.
Keywords :
multi-agent systems; ubiquitous computing; agents; context-aware applications; multiagent architecture; multiagent place-based virtual communities; pervasive computing; protocols; student digital assistant; Application software; Communities; Computer science; Context-aware services; Multiagent systems; Multiuser detection; Ontologies; Pervasive computing; Prototypes; Ubiquitous computing; context-aware; multiagent; place-based comminuty;
Conference_Titel :
Pervasive Computing and Communications, 2008. PerCom 2008. Sixth Annual IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Hong Kong
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3113-7
DOI :
10.1109/PERCOM.2008.52
