Agent-Based, Context-Aware Information Sharing for Ambient Intelligence

Andrei Olaru (1, 2) , Cristian Gratie (2)

1 SMA - Systèmes Multi-Agents
2 Equipe AI-MAS

In a future vision of Ambient Intelligence - or AmI - our surrounding environment will integrate a pervasive, interconnected network of sensors, intelligent appliances and computer-like devices. This implies, on the one hand, hardware and interface related issues, and, on the other hand, a layer of context-aware services that manages the large quantities of information generated throughout a system formed mostly of devices with limited capabilities. This paper presents the first steps toward the realization of the AmIciTy framework: a multi-agent system that relies on local interaction and the self-organization of agents, having as purpose the context-aware sharing of pieces of information. The paper presents the structure of the system, the design of the agents, the manner of building scenarios, experiments and the evaluation of a prototype.

Domaines: Système multi-agents [cs.MA]

Andrei Olaru, Cristian Gratie. Agent-Based, Context-Aware Information Sharing for Ambient Intelligence. International Journal on Artificial Intelligence Tools, 2011, 20 (6), pp.985--1000. ⟨10.1142/S0218213011000498⟩. ⟨hal-00662078⟩