Title: Multi agent Community to support information processing in Wireless Sensor Network applications

Authors: Khin Haymar Saw Hla, YoungSik Choi, Jong Sou Park

Addresses: Computer Engineering Department, Korea Aerospace University, Administration Building 406, Korea Aerospace Univ., 200-1, Hwajeon-Dong, Dukyang-Gu, Goyang-City, Gyonggi-Do, 412-791, South Korea. ' Computer Engineering Department, Korea Aerospace University, Administration Building 406, Korea Aerospace Univ., 200-1, Hwajeon-Dong, Dukyang-Gu, Goyang-City, Gyonggi-Do, 412-791, South Korea. ' Computer Engineering Department, Korea Aerospace University, Administration Building 406, Korea Aerospace Univ., 200-1, Hwajeon-Dong, Dukyang-Gu, Goyang-City, Gyonggi-Do, 412-791, South Korea

Abstract: One of the key challenges of applications concerning with Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) is finding suitable and timely information in the dynamic environment. To address these issues, this paper proposes to employ multi agent community by combined used of intelligent sensors and middle agent architecture. The idea is to use intelligent sensor as a service provider agent that announces for the active events and middle agent as a directory facilitator that assists in locating the service providers with the information requesters in the dynamic WSN environment. Simulation results have approved that proposed system enhances the information searching time, reduces the service discovery cost and communication cost.

Keywords: autonomous agents; directory facilitator; middle agents; multi-agent systems; agent-based systems; MAS; wireless sensor networks; WSNs; intelligent sensors; simulation; information searching time; service discovery cost; communication cost; information processing.

DOI: 10.1504/IJIIDS.2010.031763

International Journal of Intelligent Information and Database Systems, 2010 Vol.4 No.1, pp.81 - 102

Received: 30 Sep 2008
Accepted: 14 Mar 2009

Published online: 23 Feb 2010 *

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