DocumentCode
3514209
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
fYear
2008
fDate
1-8 March 2008
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
6
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Aerospace Conference, 2008 IEEE
Conference_Location
Big Sky, MT
ISSN
1095-323X
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-1487-1
Electronic_ISBN
1095-323X
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/AERO.2008.4526455
Filename
4526455
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