An InfoStation-Based Multi-Agent System Supporting Intelligent Mobile Services Across a University Campus

Abstract

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; layout-grid-mode: char;" align="left"><span class="text"><span style="font-family: ";Arial";,";sans-serif";; font-size: 9pt;">This paper presents an InfoStation-based multi-agent system, which provides mobile services</span></span><span style="font-family: ";Arial";,";sans-serif";; font-size: 9pt;"> <span class="text">(mServices) across a University Campus. A description of some of the mServices along with sample interactions among entities is provided. Technologies for delivering of these services are discussed and approaches for the system implementation and structuring are considered.</span></span></p&gt

An Agent-based mTest and mAssessment Service Delivery Platform

“…in lecture theatres, labs, library, cafeterias etc) [11][12][13]. The InfoStation paradigm was originally proposed to provide "many-time, many-where" wireless data services [14].…”

“…As opposed to facilitating ubiquitous coverage, within geographically intermittent pockets, InfoStations would offer high-bit-rate connectivity to broadband data-and network services [15]. The system presented in this paper involves various entities operating within a 3-tier structure as depicted in Figure 1: user mobile devices, InfoStations, and an InfoStation Centre [2,3,11]. The presented architecture harnesses the communicative potential of modern mobile devices in order to present learners with a more pervasive learning experience which can be dynamically altered and tailored to suit them and their mobile devices.…”

Formal specification of an intelligent message notification service in an infostation-based mLearning system using CCA

“…geographically) around a university campus. These ISs enhance the operation of supplying the users access to the mServices [4]. ISs are equipped to support different communication protocols to provide a successful access to a wide range of mobile devices.…”

“…A UML specification of an infostation-based mLearning system was proposed in [4]. Although specification with UML provides a number of advantages such as code generation and other system analyses using assistant tools; however, the lack of support for formal reasoning is one of its limitations for the design of critical systems.…”

“…The infostation paradigm first proposed by Frenkiel et al [3] and used in [4] to devise an infostationbased mLearning system which allows mobile devices such as hand-set phones, laptops and personal digital assistants (PDAs) to communicate to each other and to a number of services within a university campus. This section presents the architecture and the policies of the IMN service.…”