AN INTERMEDIATION SYSTEM BASED ON AGENTS MODELLING TO SHARE KNOWLEDGE IN A COMMUNITY OF PRACTICES

Clauvice Kenfack, Danielle Boulanger

2008

Abstract

This paper presents an intermediation multi-agent system to manage the distributed collaborative design environment like a CoPs. The JADE-based intermediation system (JAIS) uses community enactment mechanism and agent integration mechanism. The community enactment mechanism is the system kernel and follows the specifications of the CoPs reference model. The system kernel supports four agents (moderator, user, expert and newcomer agents) to manage the community, whereas the integration mechanism supports an intermediation agent to interact, coordinate and monitor the activities between agents. JAIS facilitates the team interaction in a collaborative and distributed environment.

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Kenfack C. and Boulanger D. (2008). AN INTERMEDIATION SYSTEM BASED ON AGENTS MODELLING TO SHARE KNOWLEDGE IN A COMMUNITY OF PRACTICES . In Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Software and Data Technologies - Volume 2: ICSOFT, ISBN 978-989-8111-52-4, pages 278-283. DOI: 10.5220/0001885102780283


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@conference{icsoft08,
author={Clauvice Kenfack and Danielle Boulanger},
title={AN INTERMEDIATION SYSTEM BASED ON AGENTS MODELLING TO SHARE KNOWLEDGE IN A COMMUNITY OF PRACTICES},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Software and Data Technologies - Volume 2: ICSOFT,},
year={2008},
pages={278-283},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001885102780283},
isbn={978-989-8111-52-4},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Software and Data Technologies - Volume 2: ICSOFT,
TI - AN INTERMEDIATION SYSTEM BASED ON AGENTS MODELLING TO SHARE KNOWLEDGE IN A COMMUNITY OF PRACTICES
SN - 978-989-8111-52-4
AU - Kenfack C.
AU - Boulanger D.
PY - 2008
SP - 278
EP - 283
DO - 10.5220/0001885102780283