Towards a satisfactory conversion of messages among agent-based information systems

► A framework for seamless communication among heterogeneous agent systems is presented. ► Message conversion is facilitated by an ontology of communication acts. ► Proposed conversions are checked by an Event Calculus representation of the scenario. ► A prototype allows us to observe the behavior o...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Expert systems with applications 2013-06, Vol.40 (7), p.2462-2475
Main Authors: Berges, Idoia, Bermúdez, Jesús, Goñi, Alfredo, Illarramendi, Arantza
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agent communication
Applied sciences
Artificial intelligence
Calculus
Computer science
control theory
systems
Computer systems and distributed systems. User interface
Conversion
Event calculus
Exact sciences and technology
Expert systems
Heterogeneity
Information systems
Information systems. Data bases
Interoperability
Mathematical analysis
Memory organisation. Data processing
Messages
Ontology
Semantics
Software
Software engineering
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:► A framework for seamless communication among heterogeneous agent systems is presented. ► Message conversion is facilitated by an ontology of communication acts. ► Proposed conversions are checked by an Event Calculus representation of the scenario. ► A prototype allows us to observe the behavior of the framework in specific scenarios. Over the last years, there has been a change of perspective concerning the management of information systems, since they are no longer isolated and need to communicate with others. However, from a semantic point of view, real communication is difficult to achieve due to the heterogeneity of the systems. We present a proposal which, considering information systems are represented by software agents, provides a framework that favors a semantic communication among them, overcoming the heterogeneity of their agent communication languages. The main components of the framework are a suite of ontologies – conceptualizing communication acts – that will be used for generating the communication conversion, and an Event Calculus interpretation of the communications, which will be used for formalizing the notion of a satisfactory conversion. Moreover, we present a motivating example in order to complete the explanation of the whole picture.
ISSN:0957-4174
1873-6793
DOI:10.1016/j.eswa.2012.10.055