Agent-mediation in RADT Framework for Self-Quarantine Monitoring
Shahrinaz Ismail, Hazwan Mazuki, Husna Sarirah Husin · 2021
The technology advancement is beckoned by the recent pandemic crisis at all levels. With the situation of self-quarantined individuals found to be in public places against the rules, causing threat to the spread of the COVID-19 virus, the health industry and the whole nation started to revisit the monitoring capabilities in hand that runs parallel with the massive fight against the pandemic. Shortage of resources to curb the spread that is caused by stubborn self-quarantined individuals added to the pain. This paper presents a conceptual framework for agent-mediated self-quarantine monitoring to lessen the burden of the health officers. This framework consists of four main software agents performing tasks from data capture in sensor device to the analysis and transmission of alerts to health officers and appointed recipients. The name RADT framework is given for the main tasks the agents are assigned with, namely Retrieve, Analyse, Decide and Transmit. In general, the software agents perform their tasks in their environment, with the capabilities deemed possible at their level. As their services are required for only 14 days according to the self-quarantine procedure, the agents are programmed to self-terminate after that.