InfoSleuth-Specific Papers
Active Information Gathering in InfoSleuth
Marian Nodine, Jerry Fowler, Tomasz Ksiezyk, Brad Perry, Malcolm Taylor and
Amy Unruh.
In International Journal of Cooperative Information Systems 9:1/2, 2000, pp. 3-28.
This technical overview of InfoSleuth operation describes some of
the different paradigms for information gathering within the
InfoSleuth agent system. It is an extension of the paper in CODAS 1999.
Use of InfoSleuth to Coordinate Information Acquisition, Tracking and Analysis in Complex Applications
Larry M. Deschaine, Richard S. Brice and Marian H. Nodine.
In Proceedings of Advanced Simulation Technologies Conference, April, 2000.
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This application-oriented paper describes some basic application types that
are well-supported by the InfoSleuth system. It also provides a brief overview
of specific applications that have been developed using InfoSleuth.
Agent-Based Semantic Interoperability in InfoSleuth
Jerry Fowler, Brad Perry, Marian Nodine, and Bruce Bargmeyer.
SIGMOD Record 28:1, March, 1999, pp. 60-67.
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This paper provides an overview of the semantic interoperability issues faced
and addressed by the EDEN project, which integrates environmental data
across government agencies distributed across the US and Europe.
An Overview of Active Information Gathering in InfoSleuth
Marian Nodine, Jerry Fowler and Brad Perry.
In Proceedings of the International Symposium on Cooperative Database Systems for Advanced Applications, 1999.
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This technical overview of InfoSleuth operation describes some of
the different paradigms for information gathering within the
InfoSleuth agent system.
Semantic Brokering over Dynamic Heterogeneous Data Sources in InfoSleuth
Marian Nodine, William Bohrer, Anne Hee Hiong Ngu.
In Proceedings of the International Conference on Data Engineering, 1999.
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This paper describes the Semantic Brokering system that matches agents
to tasks within the InfoSleuth system. It also describes the extensions that
were made to allow multiple brokers to function in concert to do this
matchmaking.
Experience with the InfoSleuth Agent Architecture
Marian Nodine, Brad Perry and Amy Unruh.
In Proceedings of AAAI-98 Workshop on Software Tools for Developing Agents, 1998.
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This paper describes the InfoSleuth agent shells and the services that
they generically provide to agents, such as the ability to locate other
agents and the ability to have conversations with them. It is an implementation
paper.
Facilitating Open Communication in Agent Systems
Marian Nodine and Amy Unruh.
In Intelligent Agents IV: Agent Theories, Architectures, and Languages, Munindar Singh, Anand Rao and Michael Wooldridge, eds, pp. 281-296.
Springer-Verlag, 1998. (Lecture Notes in AI, v. 1365). (Also Proceedings of the Fourth International Workshop on Agent Theories, Architectures and Languages, 1997).
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This paper describes specific requirements that must be supported by agents
within an agent-based systems to enable the agents to understand each others'
communicative acts. It assumes a dynamic and open agent system, where
agents entering the system may not necessarily be known to the existing agents.
Semantic Integration of Information in Open and Dynamic Environments
R. Bayardo, W. Bohrer, R. Brice, A. Cichocki, G. Fowler, A. Helal, V. Kashyap,
T. Ksiezyk, G. Martin, M. Nodine, M. Rashid, M. Rusinkiewicz, R. Shea,
C. Unnikrishnan, A. Unruh, D. Woelk.
In Proceedings of the ACM SIGMOD International Conference on Management of Data, 1997, pp. 195-206.
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In this experience report we describe the architecture, design and
implementation of the Infosleuth system in its early days.
Related Research Areas
Task Coordination Paradigms for Information Agents
Marian Nodine, Damith Chandrasekara and Amy Unruh.
In Proceedings of the International Workshop on Agent Theories, Architectures and Languages, 2000.
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This paper addresses issues on how complex agent applications may be
structured (or structure themselves), and how the agents may
coordinate the execution of those tasks. It assumes that the agents
themselves may be unreliable or may become disconnected for periods of
time. It is a concept paper.
Constructing Robust Conversation Policies in Dynamic Agent Communities
Marian Nodine and Amy Unruh.
In Issues in Agent Communication, Frank Dignum and Mark Greaves, eds, pp.205-219.
Springer-Verlag, 2000. (Lecture Notes in AI, v. 1916).
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This paper describes a methodology for constructing conversation policies
within an agent-based system and for enforcing common sub-policies for
events such as canceling the conversation or for processing errors.
Industrial-Strength Conversations
Amy Unruh and Marian Nodine.
In Proceedings of the Workshop on Agent Languages and Conversation Policies, 2000.
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This implementation paper describes some of the implementation strategies
we have used in developing long-running agent-based applications such as
the Technology Tracker.
Capability-based Agent Matchmaking
Anthony Cassandra, Damith Chandrasekara and Marian Nodine.
In Proceedings of the International Conference on Autonomous Agents, June, 2000.
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This paper describes the matchmaking paradigm eventually implemented in
the InfoSleuth system, including both the use of focused ontologies to describe
agent capabilities (both requested and advertised). It also describes the
constraint-based algorithm used for the actual matching process.
Agent Communication Languages for Information-Centric Agent Communities
Marian Nodine, Damith Chandrasekara and Amy Unruh
In Proceedings of the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 1999.
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This paper describes some of the weaknesses of the current agent communication
languages such as FIPA and KQML, as they are applied within an open system
of information agents.
InfoSleuth-Related Publications