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KES International Symposium on Agent and Multi-Agent Systems: Technologies and Applications

KES-AMSTA 2011: Agent and Multi-Agent Systems: Technologies and Applications pp 74–83Cite as

An Agent-Based Platform for Ad-Hoc Social Networking

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Social network services such as Facebook, MySpace or Twitter support more or less permanent social relationships, where user interaction takes place via fixed or mobile access to the Internet. However, in many situations social relationships are ad-hoc (i.e., set up by (mobile) users located in a limited geographical area during a certain period in time). To effectively support this kind of social relationships, we propose an extension of basic social networking model – the ad-hoc social networking. This paper defines the model for ad-hoc social networking, describes functionalities and architecture of a platform for ad-hoc social networking and explains why software agents are opportune technology for platform implementation. Finally, paper presents several applications of ad-hoc social networking.

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  1. Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb, Croatia

    Vedran Podobnik & Ignac Lovrek

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  1. Manchester Metropolitan University, M1 5GD, Manchester, UK

    James O’Shea  & Keeley Crockett  & 

  2. Wroclaw University of Technology, Wyb. Wyspianskiego 27, 50-370, Wroclaw, Poland

    Ngoc Thanh Nguyen

  3. University of Bournemouth, BH12 5BB, Poole, UK

    Robert J. Howlett

  4. University of South Australia, 5095, Mawson Lakes, SA, Australia

    Lakhmi C. Jain

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Podobnik, V., Lovrek, I. (2011). An Agent-Based Platform for Ad-Hoc Social Networking. In: O’Shea, J., Nguyen, N.T., Crockett, K., Howlett, R.J., Jain, L.C. (eds) Agent and Multi-Agent Systems: Technologies and Applications. KES-AMSTA 2011. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 6682. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22000-5_9

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