COORDINATION AND ORGANISATIONAL MECHANISMS APPLIED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A DYNAMIC, CONTEXT-AWARE INFORMATION SERVICE

Manel Palau, Luigi Ceccaroni, Ignasi Gómez-Sebastià, Javier Vázquez-Salceda, Juan Carlos Nieves

2010

Abstract

A multi-agent system design-methodology is used to address the highly dynamic, regulated, complex, distributed environment of interconnected services. A framework of three interconnected levels is applied to tackle this issue relying on coordination and organisational techniques, as well as on Web-services and new methodologies to design, deploy and maintain a distributed system. This paper presents results based on a real use case: interactive community displays with touristic information and services, dynamically personalised according to user context and preferences.

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Palau M., Ceccaroni L., Gómez-Sebastià I., Vázquez-Salceda J. and Carlos Nieves J. (2010). COORDINATION AND ORGANISATIONAL MECHANISMS APPLIED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A DYNAMIC, CONTEXT-AWARE INFORMATION SERVICE . In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 2: ICAART, ISBN 978-989-674-022-1, pages 88-95. DOI: 10.5220/0002731600880095


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@conference{icaart10,
author={Manel Palau and Luigi Ceccaroni and Ignasi Gómez-Sebastià and Javier Vázquez-Salceda and Juan Carlos Nieves},
title={COORDINATION AND ORGANISATIONAL MECHANISMS APPLIED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A DYNAMIC, CONTEXT-AWARE INFORMATION SERVICE},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 2: ICAART,},
year={2010},
pages={88-95},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002731600880095},
isbn={978-989-674-022-1},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 2: ICAART,
TI - COORDINATION AND ORGANISATIONAL MECHANISMS APPLIED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A DYNAMIC, CONTEXT-AWARE INFORMATION SERVICE
SN - 978-989-674-022-1
AU - Palau M.
AU - Ceccaroni L.
AU - Gómez-Sebastià I.
AU - Vázquez-Salceda J.
AU - Carlos Nieves J.
PY - 2010
SP - 88
EP - 95
DO - 10.5220/0002731600880095