Ontology may be used in the context of elearning to capture knowledge about learning activities and subjects. We present a system that supports an automatic speech recognition and generation between users and an agent based application on the basis these ontologies. The system is realized taking advantage of the JADE agent development framework and of the Java Speech API and has been experiment...

Multi-agent systems (MAS) are becoming popular for modeling complex systems such as supply chains. However, development of multi-agent systems remain quite involved and extremely time consuming. Currently, there exist no generic methodologies for modeling supply chains using multi-agent systems. In this research, we propose a generic process-centered methodological framework, Multi-Agent Supply...

To ease large-scale realization of agent applications there is an urgent need for frameworks, methodologies and toolkits that support the effective development of agent systems. Moreover, since one of the main tasks for which agent systems were invented is the integration between heterogeneous software, independently developed agents should be able to interact successfully. In this paper, we pr...

This paper describes how multi-agent system technology can be used as the underpinning platform for voltage control in power systems. In this study, some FACTS (flexible AC transmission systems) devices are properly designed to coordinate their decisions and actions in order to provide a coordinated secondary voltage control mechanism based on multi-agent theory. Each device here is modeled as ...

This article presents our prototype MASET (Multi Agents System for E-Tutoring Learners engaged in online collaborative work). MASET that we propose is a system which basically aims to help tutors in monitoring the collaborative work of students and their various interactions. The evaluation of such interactions by the tutor is based on the results provided by the automatic analysis of the inter...

The smart-house technology aims to increase home automation and security with reduced energy consumption. A smart house consists of various intelligent sensors and actuators operating on different platforms with conflicting objectives. This paper proposes a multi-agent system (MAS) design framework to achieve smart house automation. The novelties of this work include the developments of (1) bel...

This work deals with cooperation of heterogeneous Information Systems. The growth and variety of distributed information sources imply a need to exchange and/or to share information extracted from various and heterogeneous databases. Cooperation of heterogeneous information systems requires advanced architectures able to solve conflicts coming from data heterogeneity. The project ACSIS (Agents ...

Developing dependable distributed multi-agent programs is not an easy task. Even with extensive testing and debugging, faults cannot be completely removed. However, many distributed multi-agent programs, especially those employed in safety critical environments, should be able to function properly even in the presence of software faults. Monitoring the execution of a distributed multi-agent pro...

Proactive cellular network fault automation models using mobile intelligent agent are presented in this paper. Cellular networks are uncertain and dynamic in their behaviours and therefore we use different artificial intelligent techniques to develop platform independent, autonomous, reasoning, scalable and robust agent that can report on any unforeseen anomaly within the cellular network servi...

The technology of Multi-Agent-System (MAS) has a lot attractive qualities such as proactivity, flexibility, reactivity and sociality. It is extensively established the platform for implementing efficient effective processes management automation within microgrid platform. This paper presents design development system using MATLAB-Simulink software with multi-agent JAVA agent framework (JADE) us...