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A Multi-agent Framework for Research Supervision Management

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In this paper, we propose an agent-based framework to enhance, control and manage the research supervision process. The proposed framework consists of three phases which are Research Development Activities, Performance and Completion Measurement, and Tracking Activities. The Research Development Activities phase proposes a number of activities to develop a research. These activities consist of two layers, abstract and detail. Performance and Completion Measurement phase works on measuring a student performance and expected completion date. The Tracking Activities phase presents the proposed activities to track and trigger a student’s tasks. We discuss the components of the framework as possible implementation for a general application of research supervision management.

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  1. Centre for Agent Technology, College of Information Technology, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia

    Omar Abdullatif Jassim, Moamin A. Mahmoud & Mohd Sharifuddin Ahmad

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  1. Department of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineering, Osaka Institute of Technology, Osaka, Osaka, Japan

    Sigeru Omatu

  2. College of Engineering, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar

    Qutaibah M. Malluhi

  3. Department of Computing Science Faculty of Science, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain

    Sara Rodríguez Gonzalez

  4. Department of Electronics and Computers Division of Computer Science and Managem, Koszalin University of Technology, Koszalin, Poland

    Grzegorz Bocewicz

  5. Department of Philosophical, Pedagogical and Economic-Quantitative Sciences, University of Chieti-Pescara, Pescara, Italy

    Edgardo Bucciarelli

  6. Department of Philosophical, Pedagogical and Economic-Quantitative Sciences, University of Chieti-Pescara, Pescara, Italy

    Gianfranco Giulioni

  7. Zayed University, Abu Dhabi Campus, Abu Dhabi, Utd.Arab.Emir.

    Farkhund Iqba

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Jassim, O.A., Mahmoud, M.A., Ahmad, M.S. (2015). A Multi-agent Framework for Research Supervision Management. In: Omatu, S., et al. Distributed Computing and Artificial Intelligence, 12th International Conference. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 373. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19638-1_15

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