HIPPOCRATIC MULTI-AGENT SYSTEMS

Ludivine Crépin, Laurent Vercouter, Olivier Boissier, Yves Demazeau, François Jacquenet

2008

Abstract

The current evolution of Information Technology leads to the increase of automatic data processing over multiple information systems. In this context, the lack of user’s control on their personal data leads to the crucial question of their privacy preservation. A typical example concerns the disclosure of confidential identity in- formation, without the owner’s agreement. This problem is stressed in multi-agent systems (MAS) where users delegate their control on their personal data to autonomous agents. Interaction being one of the main mechanism in MAS, sensitive information exchange and processing are a key issue with respect to privacy. In this article, we propose a model, ”Hippocratic Multi-Agent System” (HiMAS), to tackle this problem. This model defines a set of principles bearing on an agency to preserve privacy. In order to illustrate our model, we have chosen the concrete application of decentralized calendars management.

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in Harvard Style

Crépin L., Vercouter L., Boissier O., Demazeau Y. and Jacquenet F. (2008). HIPPOCRATIC MULTI-AGENT SYSTEMS . In Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 2: ICEIS, ISBN 978-989-8111-37-1, pages 301-307. DOI: 10.5220/0001702803010307


in Bibtex Style

@conference{iceis08,
author={Ludivine Crépin and Laurent Vercouter and Olivier Boissier and Yves Demazeau and François Jacquenet},
title={HIPPOCRATIC MULTI-AGENT SYSTEMS},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 2: ICEIS,},
year={2008},
pages={301-307},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001702803010307},
isbn={978-989-8111-37-1},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 2: ICEIS,
TI - HIPPOCRATIC MULTI-AGENT SYSTEMS
SN - 978-989-8111-37-1
AU - Crépin L.
AU - Vercouter L.
AU - Boissier O.
AU - Demazeau Y.
AU - Jacquenet F.
PY - 2008
SP - 301
EP - 307
DO - 10.5220/0001702803010307