A coordination framework for Cooperative Information Gathering
Issam Bouslimi, Chihab Hanachi, Hassan Tout, Khaled Ghédira · International Journal of Advanced Intelligence Paradigms · 2008
Cooperative Information Gathering Systems (CIGS) require the coordination of multiple agents executing tasks in a distributed, open and heterogeneous setting. In this complex and highly interactive context, it is essential to include explicit coordination models to ensure the coherent and efficient behaviour of cooperative agents. The paper identifies the three main issues which are essential for addressing this problem and expresses them in three interrelated models. The information model is implemented in Protege as a combination of an OWL ontology and SWRL rules. The task and organisational models are represented by High Level Petri Nets and extended And/Or graphs.