GraniteNights - A Multi-Agent Visit Scheduler Utilising Semantic Web Technology

Gunnar Aastrand Grimnes; Stuart  Chalmers; Pete Edwards; Alun Preece

doi:10.1007/978-3-540-45217-1_10

GraniteNights - A Multi-Agent Visit Scheduler Utilising Semantic Web Technology

Gunnar Aastrand Grimnes, Stuart Chalmers, Pete Edwards, Alun Preece

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This paper describes a multi-agent system, GraniteNights, modelled on the Agentcities project "evening agent" scenario. GraniteNights allows a user to plan an evening's entertainment in the city of Aberdeen, Scotland. The application fuses agent and Web technology, being viewed as an agent-based Web service. In particular, Semantic Web standards are used to a great extent in delivering the service. The paper argues that, in fact, the Semantic Web standards are more important for this type of application than the agent standards. A key feature of the application is component re-use: GraniteNights attempts to reuse without modification existing ontologies wherever possible; it also is comprised of a number of generic and thus wholly-reusable agents, including a user profiling agent and a constraint-based scheduler. The system is open in the sense that most of the individual agents can be invoked directly by external agent platforms, without going through the Web interface.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Cooperative Information Agents VII
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the 7th International Workshop, CIA 2003, Helsinki, Finland, August 27-29, 2003.
Editors	Matthias Klusch, Andrea Omicini, Sascha Ossowski, Heimo Laamanen
Publisher	Springer-Verlag
Pages	137-151
Number of pages	15
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-540-45217-1
ISBN (Print)	978-3-540-40798-0
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-45217-1_10
Publication status	Published - 30 Sep 2003

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Name	Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence
Volume	2782
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science

Keywords

semantic web
multi-agent system
scheduling

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Grimnes, G. A., Chalmers, S., Edwards, P., & Preece, A. (2003). GraniteNights - A Multi-Agent Visit Scheduler Utilising Semantic Web Technology. In M. Klusch, A. Omicini, S. Ossowski, & H. Laamanen (Eds.), Cooperative Information Agents VII: Proceedings of the 7th International Workshop, CIA 2003, Helsinki, Finland, August 27-29, 2003. (pp. 137-151). (Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence; Vol. 2782), (Lecture Notes in Computer Science). Springer-Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-45217-1_10

GraniteNights - A Multi-Agent Visit Scheduler Utilising Semantic Web Technology. / Grimnes, Gunnar Aastrand; Chalmers, Stuart ; Edwards, Pete et al.

Cooperative Information Agents VII: Proceedings of the 7th International Workshop, CIA 2003, Helsinki, Finland, August 27-29, 2003. . ed. / Matthias Klusch; Andrea Omicini; Sascha Ossowski; Heimo Laamanen. Springer-Verlag, 2003. p. 137-151 (Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence; Vol. 2782), (Lecture Notes in Computer Science).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Published conference contribution

Grimnes, GA, Chalmers, S, Edwards, P & Preece, A 2003, GraniteNights - A Multi-Agent Visit Scheduler Utilising Semantic Web Technology. in M Klusch, A Omicini, S Ossowski & H Laamanen (eds), Cooperative Information Agents VII: Proceedings of the 7th International Workshop, CIA 2003, Helsinki, Finland, August 27-29, 2003. . Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, vol. 2782, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer-Verlag, pp. 137-151. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-45217-1_10

Grimnes GA, Chalmers S, Edwards P, Preece A. GraniteNights - A Multi-Agent Visit Scheduler Utilising Semantic Web Technology. In Klusch M, Omicini A, Ossowski S, Laamanen H, editors, Cooperative Information Agents VII: Proceedings of the 7th International Workshop, CIA 2003, Helsinki, Finland, August 27-29, 2003. . Springer-Verlag. 2003. p. 137-151. (Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science). doi: 10.1007/978-3-540-45217-1_10

Grimnes, Gunnar Aastrand ; Chalmers, Stuart ; Edwards, Pete et al. / GraniteNights - A Multi-Agent Visit Scheduler Utilising Semantic Web Technology. Cooperative Information Agents VII: Proceedings of the 7th International Workshop, CIA 2003, Helsinki, Finland, August 27-29, 2003. . editor / Matthias Klusch ; Andrea Omicini ; Sascha Ossowski ; Heimo Laamanen. Springer-Verlag, 2003. pp. 137-151 (Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science).

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