Papers by Alberto Fernández
This article presents a case study in which the THOMAS architecture is applied in order to obtain... more This article presents a case study in which the THOMAS architecture is applied in order to obtain a multi-agent system (MAS) that can provide recommendations and guidance in a shopping mall. THOMAS is made up of a group of related modules that are well-suited for developing systems in other highly volatile environments similar to a shopping mall. Because the development of this type of system is complex, it is essential to thoroughly analyze the intrinsic characteristics of typical environment applications, and to design all of the system components at a very high level of abstraction.
Computer Science and Information Systems, 2017
In this paper, we consider the route coordination problem in emergency evacuation of large smart ... more In this paper, we consider the route coordination problem in emergency evacuation of large smart buildings. The building evacuation time is crucial in saving lives in emergency situations caused by imminent natural or man-made threats and disasters. Conventional approaches to evacuation route coordination are static and predefined. They rely on evacuation plans present only at a limited number of building locations and possibly a trained evacuation personnel to resolve unexpected contingencies. Smart buildings today are equipped with sensory infrastructure that can be used for an autonomous situation-aware evacuation guidance optimized in real time. A system providing such a guidance can help in avoiding additional evacuation casualties due to the flaws of the conventional evacuation approaches. Such a system should be robust and scalable to dynamically adapt to the number of evac-uees and the size and safety conditions of a building. In this respect, we propose a distributed route recommender architecture for situation-aware evacuation guidance in smart buildings and describe its key modules in detail. We give an example of its functioning dynamics on a use case.
On the Move to …, Jan 1, 2008
This paper provides a brief overview of the field of coordination in multi-agent systems, and out... more This paper provides a brief overview of the field of coordination in multi-agent systems, and outlines its relation to current efforts working towards a paradigm for smart, next-generation distributed systems, where coordination is based on the concept of agreement between computational entities. To illustrate the types of mechanisms that we envision to be part of a "technology of agreement", we provide two examples of how techniques from the field of organisations can be used to foster coordination and agreement in open multiagent systems.
Multiagent and Grid …, Jan 1, 2011
This paper provides a brief overview of the field of coordination in multiagent systems, and outl... more This paper provides a brief overview of the field of coordination in multiagent systems, and outlines its relation to current efforts working towards a paradigm for smart, next-generation distributed systems, where coordination is based on the concept of agreement between computational entities. Two examples are provided to visualize the types of mechanisms that can be part of a "technology of agreement". They explain how techniques from the field of organisations can be used to foster coordination and agreement in open multiagent systems.
Intelligent agent-based peer-to-peer (IP2P) environments provide a means for pervasively providin... more Intelligent agent-based peer-to-peer (IP2P) environments provide a means for pervasively providing and flexibly co-ordinating ubiquitous business application services to the mobile users and workers in the dynamically changing contexts of open, large-scale, and pervasive settings. In this paper, we present an abstract architecture for service delivery and coordination in IP2P environments that has been developed within the CASCOM project. Furthermore, we outline the potential benefits of a role-based interaction modelling approach for a concrete application of this abstract architecture based on a real-world scenario for emergency assistance in the healthcare domain.
IEEE Intelligent Systems, 2000
Frans doesn't know what to do, so he acti-vates his PDA with the CASCOM mobile-agent suite i... more Frans doesn't know what to do, so he acti-vates his PDA with the CASCOM mobile-agent suite installed and contacts an Emergency Medical Assistance service center in Finland to ask for advice. (EMA is a Finnish emer-gency healthcare provider.) The EMA oper-ator asks for ...
... Schuler, C., Weber, R., Schuldt, H., and Schek, H.-J.: Scalable Peer-to-Peer Process Manageme... more ... Schuler, C., Weber, R., Schuldt, H., and Schek, H.-J.: Scalable Peer-to-Peer Process Management The OSIRIS Approach. ... Serrano, JM; Ossowski, S.; Fernández, A.: The Pragmatics of Software Agents Analysis and Design of Agent Communication Languages, Intelligent ...
In this paper, we present a general architecture for service delivery and coordination in intelli... more In this paper, we present a general architecture for service delivery and coordination in intelligent peer-to-peer (IP2P) environments that has been developed within the CASCOM research project. Our essential approach is an innovative combination of agent technology, Semantic Web Services, peer-to-peer, context-awareness, and mobile computing for intelligent peer-to-peer mobile service environments. Services are provided by software agents exploiting the coordination infrastructure to efficiently operate in highly dynamic environments. Our infrastructure includes efficient communication means, support for contextaware adaptation techniques, as well as dynamic service discovery and composition planning. For end users, the architecture provides seamless access to Semantic Web Services anytime, anywhere, and using any device. Our architecture is being evaluated using a sample ad-hoc emergency healthcare assistance application scenario. We deployed a prototype of an open IP2P service environment and expect results on methods for service provision, discovery, composition, and monitoring in mobile environments.
Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2007
... Alberto Fernández, Matteo Vasirani, César Cáceres, and Sascha Ossowski Artificial Intelligenc... more ... Alberto Fernández, Matteo Vasirani, César Cáceres, and Sascha Ossowski Artificial Intelligence Group, University Rey Juan Carlos Calle Tulipán s/n, 28933 Móstoles (Madrid), Spain {alberto.fernandez,matteo.vasirani,cesar.caceres,sascha.ossowski}@urjc.es Abstract. ...
... Gert Brettlecker, César Cáceres, Alberto Fernández, Nadine Fröhlich, Ari Kinnunen, Sascha Oss... more ... Gert Brettlecker, César Cáceres, Alberto Fernández, Nadine Fröhlich, Ari Kinnunen, Sascha Ossowski, Heiko Schuldt, Matteo Vasirani ... The Proactive Health Lab of Intel research [30] is focusing on the assistive living scenario, where ubiquitous computing is improving the ...
Multiagent and Grid …, Jan 1, 2011
This paper provides a brief overview of the field of coordination in multiagent systems, and outl... more This paper provides a brief overview of the field of coordination in multiagent systems, and outlines its relation to current efforts working towards a paradigm for smart, next-generation distributed systems, where coordination is based on the concept of agreement between computational entities. Two examples are provided to visualize the types of mechanisms that can be part of a "technology of agreement". They explain how techniques from the field of organisations can be used to foster coordination and agreement in open multiagent systems.
Agreement Technologies, 2012
Proceedings of the 30th Annual ACM Symposium on Applied Computing - SAC '15, 2015
In this paper, we study a distributed intelligent multi-robot system (MRS) in assembly setting wh... more In this paper, we study a distributed intelligent multi-robot system (MRS) in assembly setting where robots have partially overlapping capabilities. We treat the problem of the system's self-(re)configurability and self-optimization. In this light, we propose a distributed and optimized robots configuration and scheduling system ORCAS which integrates the MRS configuration based on semantic descriptions with process scheduling.
Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), 2009
In this paper we present a demonstrator application for a real-world m-Health scenario: mobile me... more In this paper we present a demonstrator application for a real-world m-Health scenario: mobile medical emergency management in an urban area. Medical emergencies have a high priority given the potential life risk to the patients. And the use of advanced applications that support the different actors involved can improve the usage of appropriate resources within an acceptable response time. The demonstrator is implemented using the THOMAS approach to open multiagent system based on an organisational metaphor. This metaphor is very suitable for capturing the nature and the complexity of the mobile health domain and, thus, it provides an appropriate mechanism for developing nextgeneration m-Health applications.
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Papers by Alberto Fernández
that operate on the basis of agreements in societies of independent, autonomous
computational entities (agents). However, nowadays more and more systems of
such kind rely on a seamless interaction of software agents with humans. Humans
work in partnership (directly or indirectly) or closely related with agents
that are able to act autonomously and intelligently. Specifically, humans and
agents have the ability to establish a series of relationships/collaborative interactions
with each other, forming what might be called human-agent teams to
meet their individual or collective goals within an organisation or social structure.
Systems in which people and agents operate on a large scale offer an
enormous potential but also require the consideration of additional issues. In
this paper we analyse the open issues that may be addressed for researches in
order to develop open human-agent systems. We present a real-world case
study and an abstract architecture proposal for such systems.