Title: Effective ubiquitous service provisioning based on Knowledge Circulation Framework

Authors: Shintaro Imai, Atsushi Takeda, Takuo Suganuma, Norio Shiratori

Addresses: Faculty of Software and Information Science, Iwate Prefectural University, 152-52 Sugo, Takizawa, Iwate, Japan. ' Department of Computer Science, Tohoku Bunka Gakuen University, 6-45-1 Kunimi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Japan. ' Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Graduate School of Information Sciences, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Japan. ' Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Graduate School of Information Sciences, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Japan

Abstract: It is necessary to use expert knowledge of networks and computers to reduce the burden on users when providing high-quality communication services to non-expert users in ubiquitous information environments. We have been working on the systematic support of circulation of expert knowledge to meet that need. In this paper, we propose a new Knowledge Circulation Framework (KCF) for ubiquitous service provision: uKCF. We applied uKCF to service control for a ubiquitous videoconferencing system. The experimental results show that the proposed system can provide better and more stable service by improving adaptability to various ubiquitous computing environments.

Keywords: ubiquitous information environments; agents; knowledge base; knowledge circulation; QoS control; ubiquitous services; quality of service; communication services; expert knowledge; ubiquitous service provision; videoconferencing; multi-agent systems; MAS; agent based systems.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBIDM.2009.025412

International Journal of Business Intelligence and Data Mining, 2009 Vol.4 No.1, pp.78 - 98

Published online: 21 May 2009 *

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