Title :
Using a Contract Net to Dynamically Configure Sensor Webs
Author :
Tsatsoulis, Costas ; Ahmad, Najla ; Komp, Edward ; Redford, Christopher
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Univ. of Kansas Lawrence, Lawrence, KS
Abstract :
We describe how we developed a multi-agent system to represent a collection of sensors that are dynamically combined into a Sensor Web. The sensors use a combination of a Matchmaker architecture together with the Contract Net protocol to enable the reasoned, task-based creation of a dynamic Sensor Web that adapts to the data sensed and to the requirements generated by the agent sensors. We tested our system using EO-1 instruments, and showed how Sensor Web instrument coalitions can be generated based on sensing and processing needs.
Keywords :
distributed sensors; multi-agent systems; protocols; Contract Net protocol; matchmaker architecture; multi-agent system; sensor webs; Biosensors; Collaborative work; Contracts; Instruments; Intelligent agent; Intelligent sensors; Multiagent systems; Protocols; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Sensor systems;
Conference_Titel :
Aerospace Conference, 2008 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Big Sky, MT
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1487-1
Electronic_ISBN :
1095-323X
DOI :
10.1109/AERO.2008.4526455
