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Agent-Based Modeling of a Mobile Robot to Detect and Follow Humans

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Agent and Multi-Agent Systems: Technologies and Applications (KES-AMSTA 2009)

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This paper introduces a multi-agent system (MAS) approach using the detailed process provided by Prometheus methodology for the design of a moving robot application for the detection and following of humans. Our conjecture is that complex autonomous robotic systems have to be fully modeled in their initial design stages by means of agent-based technology. The application has been completely modeled with the Prometheus Design Tool (PDT), which offers full support to Prometheus methodology.

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  1. Escuela de Ingenieros Industriales de Albacete & Instituto de Investigación en Informática de Albacete, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, 02071, Albacete, Spain

    José M. Gascueña & Antonio Fernández-Caballero

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  1. Department of Computer and Systems Science, Stockholm University, Forum 100, 164 40, Kista, Sweden

    Anne Håkansson

  2. Institute of Informatics, Wroclaw University of Technology, Str. Janiszweskiego 11/17, 50-370, Wroclaw, Poland

    Ngoc Thanh Nguyen

  3. Department of Computer Science, Franklin University, 201 South Grant Ave., 43215, Columbus, Ohio, USA

    Ronald L. Hartung

  4. School of Environment and Technology, Centre for SMART Systems, University of Brighton, BN2 4GJ, Brighton, UK

    Robert J. Howlett

  5. School of Electrical and Information Engineering, Knowledge Based Intelligent Engineering Systems Centre, University of South Australia, SA, 5095, Mawson Lakes, Australia

    Lakhmi C. Jain

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Gascueña, J.M., Fernández-Caballero, A. (2009). Agent-Based Modeling of a Mobile Robot to Detect and Follow Humans. In: Håkansson, A., Nguyen, N.T., Hartung, R.L., Howlett, R.J., Jain, L.C. (eds) Agent and Multi-Agent Systems: Technologies and Applications. KES-AMSTA 2009. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 5559. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-01665-3_9

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