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Multi-agent System Architecture for Tracking Moving Objects

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Advances in Artificial Intelligence (Canadian AI 2003)

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science ((LNAI,volume 2671))

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There is an increasing demand for both tools and techniques that track the location of people or objects. This paper presents a multi-agent tracking system architecture that consists of several tracking software agents and uses GPS receivers as a signal-sending platform. The system acts as a mediator between the user and the tracking object environment. Objects carry Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers to locate their positions. These objects can move around within a predefined area, which is divided into several sub-areas. Each sub-area is monitored by one of the tracking agents. All agents of the system have similar architecture and functions and are able to communicate and coordinate their activities with each other to trade information about the position of the object. A prototype of this environment is being implemented to demonstrate its feasibility, using the ZEUS toolkit.

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  1. Computer Science Department, Acadia University, Nova Scotia, Canada, B4P 2R6

    Yingge Wang & Elhadi Shakshuki

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  1. Yingge Wang
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  1. Department of Computing and Information Science, College of Physical and Engineering Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada, N1G 2W1

    Yang Xiang

  2. Dépt. Informatique-Génie Logiciel, Université Laval, Pavillon Pouliot, Ste-Foy, PQ, Canada, G1K 7P4

    Brahim Chaib-draa

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Wang, Y., Shakshuki, E. (2003). Multi-agent System Architecture for Tracking Moving Objects. In: Xiang, Y., Chaib-draa, B. (eds) Advances in Artificial Intelligence. Canadian AI 2003. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2671. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-44886-1_68

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