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ANKON: A Multi-agent System for Information Gathering

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The global information management scenario requires support systems which help the user in discovering interesting information contained in heterogeneous sources spread through all over the world. In the present paper, we introduce the notion of hierarchical global concepts to support the flexible management of imprecise and heterogeneous representation of information. In particular, we show how the characteristics of a cluster hierarchy can be exploited in the query reformulation phase in order to comply with the user imprecise and uncertain information requirements. The technique has been implemented in a FIPA compliant multi-agent system, with a mediator-like architecture.

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  1. Computer Science Institute, University of Ancona, via Brecce Bianche, 60131, Ancona, Italy

    Claudia Diamantini & Maurizio Panti

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  1. University of Klagenfurt, IFI -IWAS Universitaetsstr. 65, 9020, Klagenfurt, Austria

    Heinrich C. Mayr

  2. Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical University, Technicka 2, 166 27, Prague 6, Czech Republic

    Jiri Lazansky

  3. School of Computer and Information Science, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes Campus, Mawson Lakes, SA, 5095

    Gerald Quirchmayr

  4. Department of Information Systems, Technical University of Munich, Orleanstr. 34, 81667, Munich, Germany

    Pavel Vogel

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Diamantini, C., Panti, M. (2001). ANKON: A Multi-agent System for Information Gathering. In: Mayr, H.C., Lazansky, J., Quirchmayr, G., Vogel, P. (eds) Database and Expert Systems Applications. DEXA 2001. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2113. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-44759-8_60

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