Title :
An Agent-Based Personal Assistant for exam scheduling
Author :
Wahaishi, AbdulMutalib M. ; Aburukba, Raafat O.
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Inf. Technol., United Arab Emirates Univ., Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
Abstract :
Scheduling exams and allocating rooms and proctors is one of the crucial administrative activities that the advising unit of each college does according to certain procedures, rules and assumptions. This paper presents an Agent-Based Personal Assistant architecture that provides an innovative approach to automate the scheduling processes as well as allocating different proctors and exam rooms. The proposed scheduling model has been implemented using JADE a FIPA complaint platform.
Keywords :
educational computing; multi-agent systems; FIPA complaint platform; JADE; administrative activities; agent-based personal assistant architecture; exam scheduling; rooms allocating; scheduling model; Barium; Computer architecture; Educational institutions; Linear programming; Protocols; Resource management; Schedules; Agent paradigm; Exam scheduling; Personal assistance;
Conference_Titel :
Computer and Information Technology (WCCIT), 2013 World Congress on
Conference_Location :
Sousse
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-0460-0
DOI :
10.1109/WCCIT.2013.6618660
