PhD forum: Competing agents for distributed object-tracking in smart camera networks

Author

Jänen, Uwe ; Hähner, Jörg ; Müller-Schloer, Christian

Author_Institution

Inst. of Syst. Eng., Syst. & Comput. Archit., Leibniz Univ. Hannover, Hannover, Germany

fYear

2009

fDate

Aug. 30 2009-Sept. 2 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

This paper describes an approach for object-tracking in large smart camera networks, which is based on software-agents with conflicting goals. The focus is on the system architecture. These software-agents are specialized on concrete functions, e.g. maximizing sensor coverage of a surveillance area by aligning the cameras´ fields of view. To reach collaborative behavior, an approach inspired by Multi-Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) of the operations research is used.

Keywords

object detection; operations research; software agents; collaborative behavior; competing agents; concrete function; conflicting goals; distributed object tracking; multicriteria decision making; operations research; smart camera network; software agents; system architecture; Cloning; Collaboration; Computer architecture; Computer vision; Concrete; Decision making; Intelligent sensors; Smart cameras; Surveillance; Systems engineering and theory; agent-based; distributed; object-tracking; self-organizing; sensor network;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Distributed Smart Cameras, 2009. ICDSC 2009. Third ACM/IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Como

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4620-9

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4620-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICDSC.2009.5289395

Filename

5289395