The engineering of micro agents in smart environments

Authors:
Caio Augustus Morais Bolzani;Marcio Lobo Netto
Affiliations:
(Correspd. Tel.: +5511 3091 5381/ E-mail: caio.bolzani@poli.usp.br) Department of Electronic Systems, University of Sã/o Paulo, Av. Prof. Luciano Gualberto, tr. 3, 158, Sã/o Paulo, Brazil;Department of Electronic Systems, University of Sã/o Paulo, Av. Prof. Luciano Gualberto, tr. 3, 158, Sã/o Paulo, Brazil
Venue:
International Journal of Knowledge-based and Intelligent Engineering Systems - Intelligent agents and services for smart environments
Year:
2009

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Abstract

Agent concepts are natural to describe intelligent and adaptive systems in a distributed and collaborative scenario. In this paper we outline the different aspects we have considered in order to build a tool for supporting developers to handle the complexity they are faced to when designing smart environments. Such tool uses agent-based technologies, and therefore this paper presents the use of micro agents in a general-purpose framework for ambient intelligence. The framework provides all the information about people, places, and things (any objects) with computational functionalities to assist and annotate them. Using a Zigbee wireless network to provide real time people tracking and environmental sensing information to the Home Sapiens -the smart home framework- the micro agents can offer location-aware and personalized services. The framework enables users to develop rules directly accessing its services from an application program interface and to analyze its reliability in a real home automation application.