Fusing individual choices into a group decision with help of software agents and semantic technologies
Konrad Ponichtera, Mikołaj Małkiński, Jan Sawicki, Maria Ganzha, Marcin Paprzycki · 2018
What happens when hunger, individual eating constraints and student economy are combined with some computer skills? This contribution introduces a agent-semantic application, which expedites process of choosing where and what to eat, when a group of hungry students would like to meet and have lunch together. Furthermore, individual dietary restrictions are taken into account. Specifically, software agents are used to facilitate negotiation mechanisms used to find (i) place to meet, and (ii) common food, while semantic technologies are used to represent food and user profiles (i.e. food allergies). The initial system has been implemented and validated on the basis of selected use case scenarios.