Agent communication in ubiquitous computing: the Ubismart approach

  • Authors:
  • Jurriaan van Diggelen;Robbert-Jan Beun;Rogier M. van Eijk;Peter J. Werkhoven

  • Affiliations:
  • Utrecht University, the Netherlands;Utrecht University, the Netherlands;Utrecht University, the Netherlands;Utrecht University, the Netherlands

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 7th international joint conference on Autonomous agents and multiagent systems - Volume 2
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

This paper studies the use of agent communication in ubiquitous computing. This application domain allows us to investigate the efficient handling of large quantities of information in agent-based systems. We will present an approach to dynamically set up a communication network between agents which aims to minimize the communication load. The approach is based on a formal ontological notion of informativeness, on quantitative measures such as information gain and on the proper use of interaction mechanisms such as Publish/Subscribe. We also present experimental results which have been obtained using our prototyping tool called Ubismart.