Authors:
Miroslav Prýmek
and
Aleš Horák
Affiliation:
Masaryk University, Czech Republic
Keyword(s):
Smart Home, Home Automation, Power Consumption Planning, Multi-agent Systems.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Agent Models and Architectures
;
Agents
;
Artificial Intelligence
;
Artificial Intelligence and Decision Support Systems
;
Bioinformatics
;
Biomedical Engineering
;
Cooperation and Coordination
;
Distributed and Mobile Software Systems
;
Distributed Problem Solving
;
Enterprise Information Systems
;
Information Systems Analysis and Specification
;
Knowledge Engineering and Ontology Development
;
Knowledge-Based Systems
;
Methodologies and Technologies
;
Multi-Agent Systems
;
Operational Research
;
Simulation
;
Software Engineering
;
Symbolic Systems
Abstract:
In the current perspectives, renewable power sources bring new challenges for the power distribution. Substantial advances in the reliability and flexibility in the overall power consumption can be achieved via a network of intelligent and controllable appliances, especially on the micro level, i.e. on the level of individual electric appliances within the scope of one household or one institution. In the paper, we identify the typical problems of the smart household approach and present a communication and control model which offers a solution to these problems based on the multi-agent system approach.