The pervasive computing scenario provides a diffused presence of technological appliances distributed in the environment and interacting by means of wired or wireless networks. These computational units should be able to fuitfully exploit interactions with other components (e.g. information sources) in order to supply context aware services and support advanced forms of interaction among users. The aim of this paper is to show how models and frameworks for Multi–Agent Systems (MAS) can be exploited to design and implement pervasive computing systems, focusing on the Agent and Artifact approach. Artifacts are a conceptual, formal and computational framework supporting the realization of function–oriented elements of a MAS. After a description of a scenario, the paper briefly introduces the agents and artifacts framework and shows how they can be used to define an infrastructure supporting complex interaction schemes provided by the scenario.
Building Smart Environments as Agent Workspaces / Omicini Andrea; Ricci Alessandro; Vizzari Giuseppe. - STAMPA. - (2007), pp. 92-97. (Intervento presentato al convegno IEEE 16th International Workshops on Enabling Technologies: Infrastructure for Collaborative Enterprises (WET ICE 2007), 1st International Workshop on Interdisciplinary Aspects of Coordination Applied to Pervasive Environments: Models and Applications (CoMA 2007) tenutosi a Paris, France nel 18-19 June 2007) [10.1109/WETICE.2007.4407132}].
Building Smart Environments as Agent Workspaces
OMICINI, ANDREA;RICCI, ALESSANDRO;
2007
Abstract
The pervasive computing scenario provides a diffused presence of technological appliances distributed in the environment and interacting by means of wired or wireless networks. These computational units should be able to fuitfully exploit interactions with other components (e.g. information sources) in order to supply context aware services and support advanced forms of interaction among users. The aim of this paper is to show how models and frameworks for Multi–Agent Systems (MAS) can be exploited to design and implement pervasive computing systems, focusing on the Agent and Artifact approach. Artifacts are a conceptual, formal and computational framework supporting the realization of function–oriented elements of a MAS. After a description of a scenario, the paper briefly introduces the agents and artifacts framework and shows how they can be used to define an infrastructure supporting complex interaction schemes provided by the scenario.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
