Ontology-Based Multi-Agent Systems

• Main Authors: Hadzic, Maja (Author), Wongthongtham, Pornpit (Author), Dillon, Tharam (Author), Chang, Elizabeth (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Series: Studies in Computational Intelligence, 219
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Artificial intelligence.; Applied mathematics.; Engineering mathematics.; Applications of Mathematics.; Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Engineering.; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics).

The Semantic web has given a great deal of impetus to the development of ontologies and multi-agent systems. Several books have appeared which discuss the development of ontologies or of multi-agent systems separately on their own. The growing interaction between agnets and ontologies has highlighte...

Table of Contents:

• Current Issues and the Need for Ontologies and Agents
• to Multi-Agent Systems
• to Ontology
• Design Approaches for Multi-Agent-Based Systems
• Ontology Design Approaches
• Significance of Ontologies, Agents and Their Integration
• Design Methodology for Integrated Systems - Part I (Ontology Design)
• Design Methodology for Integrated Systems - Part II (Multi-Agent System Design)
• Notations for the Integrated Ontology and Multi-Agent System Design
• Architecture of the Integrated Ontology and Multi-Agent System
• Case Study I: Ontology-Based Multi-Agent System for Human Disease Studies
• CASE STUDY II: Ontology-Based Multi-Agent System for Software Engineering Studies
• Potential Applications of Ontology-Based Multi-Agent Systems.